Climate Cluj-Napoca International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cluj-Napoca International Airport (LRCL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.5	85	60	66	68	35
February	74.0	90	75	86	57	84
March	89.4	92	93	94	87	84
April	92.9		83	92	91	98
May	94.2		97	97	96	94
June	94.5		89	98	99	89
July	96.0		95	98	96	92
August	95.3		97	95	94	95
September	94.2		96	86	92	96
October	83.9		93	73	83	76
November	60.8		79	45	60	32
December	54.5		50	61	50	50
Average	85.6	89.1	86.4	85.9	84.3	81.0

15th best VFR conditions of Romania

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.7	98	77	86	84	58
February	86.4	96	90	93	70	92
March	96.4	99	98	97	95	96
April	98.5		95	99	100	100
May	98.7		99	99	99	99
June	97.6		95	99	99	97
July	98.7		98	99	99	97
August	98.7		98	98	99	99
September	97.6		99	91	98	99
October	90.3		95	81	91	84
November	75.5		90	69	72	59
December	76.0		73	81	73	80
Average	93.2	97.8	93.4	92.7	91.9	90.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.2	4	6	2	3	1
February	6.5	12	5	7	5	8
March	11.4	14	12	10	9	12
April	16.3		14	14	13	17
May	21.0		21	22	20	19
June	25.9		25	27	26	25
July	27.4		29	29	29	26
August	28.7		29	29	26	29
September	22.9		26	19	21	25
October	17.4		19	17	15	16
November	9.3		9	9	9	6
December	4.2		5	5	4	6
Average	15.3	10.0	16.7	16.3	14.9	15.7

16th highest temperature of Romania

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-5.5	-4	0	-5	-4	-5
February	-2.0	1	-3	-3	-2	-2
March	0.1	3	1	-3	-2	1
April	3.8		4	3	3	1
May	9.2		9	9	9	8
June	14.0		14	13	13	15
July	14.8		15	15	16	14
August	14.7		15	16	13	15
September	10.2		12	10	9	11
October	4.9		6	5	2	8
November	2.0		2	3	0	1
December	-1.0		-1	-1	-1	1
Average	4.8	0.0	6.1	5.2	4.6	5.5

3rd lowest temperature of Romania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.3	7	11	16	18	2
February	9.9	5	14	5	9	12
March	8.7	9	6	5	13	11
April	7.3		13	10	9	2
May	7.9		9	4	10	10
June	4.2		7	2	2	7
July	3.4		3	4	5	3
August	2.5		3	1	4	4
September	4.8		2	11	5	6
October	4.6		4	2	2	9
November	8.6		9	9	7	8
December	13.0		9	8	22	11
Average	6.7	6.8	6.9	5.6	7.9	6.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.1	5	5	6	6	5
February	5.9	6	6	6	7	7
March	6.2	6	7	6	6	6
April	6.2		6	6	6	6
May	5.8		5	6	6	7
June	5.1		4	5	5	5
July	5.4		5	6	5	5
August	4.7		5	5	4	6
September	5.1		4	5	5	5
October	4.8		5	4	5	5
November	4.8		6	4	5	4
December	5.2		5	5	5	6
Average	5.4	5.9	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.5

16th highest wind speed of Romania

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	335°	118°	314°	338°	016°
February	298°	293°	360°	336°	301°
March	064°	291°	328°	314°	011°
April		312°	331°	320°	341°
May		101°	324°	341°	310°
June		357°	334°	339°	330°
July		338°	320°	352°	327°
August		097°	353°	013°	097°
September		102°	001°	346°	041°
October		060°	349°	100°	107°
November		038°	064°	078°	077°
December		029°	076°	311°	101°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.