Baia Mare in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Baia Mare sees average daytime highs around 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 270 mm of precipitation over about 41 wet days across the season. It is the 2nd-warmest season and the 2nd-wettest season.

Over the season highs climb from about 6°C in early March to 21°C by late May. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels dry.

Spring is Baia Mare's 3rd-best season to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Baia Mare's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 15°C; 2nd-warmest season
Avg overnight low: 5°C
Precipitation: 270 mm; 41 wet days
Avg wind: 8 km/h
Travel score: 3.8; 3rd-best season
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Baia Mare in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Over the season highs climb from about 6°C in early March to 21°C by late May.

A typical spring day in Baia Mare reaches about 15°C and drops to 5°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is May, the coolest March.

How spring really feels in Baia Mare

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in spring is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Baia Mare weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	0° / -5°	71	11.6	8.5	8.7	0.0
Feb	3° / -4°	69	11.1	7.2	9.9	0.0
Mar	9° / -0°	80	12.1	3.9	11.6	1.6
Apr	15° / 5°	79	12.8	1	13.3	4.3
May	20° / 9°	111	15.9	0	14.9	5.5
Jun	23° / 13°	120	15.2	0	15.7	6.0
Jul	25° / 14°	119	15.4	0	15.4	6.2
Aug	25° / 14°	87	12	0	14.1	6.7
Sep	20° / 10°	91	11	0	12.4	6.2
Oct	14° / 5°	90	11	0.4	10.6	4.2
Nov	8° / 1°	75	10.9	3.5	9.1	1.3
Dec	2° / -3°	84	11.9	7.3	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitationSnow

Baia Mare gets around 270 mm of rain and snow over 41 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of spring feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

Wind in Spring

Winds average 8 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min in early March to 15 h 30 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 4.5 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Is spring a good time to visit Baia Mare?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

3.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baia Mare.

What to pack for Baia Mare in Spring

From spring's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In spring, Baia Mare sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 41 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Baia Mare in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baia Mare peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	7	6	8	8	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Baia Mare in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where spring falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Baia Mare is worst in April — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Baia Mare's WHO annual average of 16.9 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	16	21	21	20	20	20	18	15	12	13	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Baia Mare?

Baia Mare sits at 47.7°N, 23.6°E, 220 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Baia Sprie, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Baia Mare

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Baia Mare.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baia Mare has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m around an average of 268 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,167 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,151 m.

The land around Baia Mare is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

430 m

trees 43%

16 km

1,167 m

trees 61%

80 km

2,151 m

trees 54%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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Spring weather nearby: Baia Sprie 9.0 km · Sighetu Marmaţiei 39 km · Satu Mare 55 km · Khust 61 km · Dej 61 km · Zalău 64 km · Vişeu de Sus 65 km · Rakhiv 65 km

Romania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 44% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $22,538; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 82%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 10.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 605
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Baia Mare (47.6573°, 23.5681°, elevation 220 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google.