Gherla weather in January

In January, Gherla sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 8.5 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gherla's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gherla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:13 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
1.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gherla is locality in Cluj County, Romania.

Founded
1291

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gherla reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Gherla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
3 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Gherla weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°378.568.70.0
Feb / -4°378.54.8100.0
Mar10° / -0°5010.32.611.62.0
Apr16° / 65120.813.34.7
May21° / 10°8814.7014.85.8
Jun24° / 13°10414.5015.66.2
Jul26° / 15°9614.1015.36.2
Aug26° / 14°78110146.8
Sep21° / 10°729.8012.46.6
Oct15° / 598.80.110.64.7
Nov / 4592.59.11.4
Dec / -4°469.14.78.40.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22674
32773
42773
52773
62773
72773
82872
93070
103070
113169
123268
133268
143367
153367
163367
173268
183268
193367
203367
213169
223169
233169
243070
253169
263169
273070
283070
293070
303070
313169

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Gherla gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 8.5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12919
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32818
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52718
62617
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82617
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313021

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
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97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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228calm
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248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:16 AM to 8:00 AM, and sunset from 4:39 PM to 5:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:164:39
28.48:174:39
38.48:174:40
48.48:164:41
58.48:164:42
68.48:164:43
78.58:164:44
88.58:164:45
98.58:164:46
108.58:154:47
118.68:154:49
128.68:154:50
138.68:144:51
148.68:144:52
158.78:134:53
168.78:134:55
178.78:124:56
188.88:114:57
198.88:114:59
208.88:105:00
218.98:095:01
228.98:095:03
238.98:085:04
249.08:075:05
259.08:065:07
269.18:055:08
279.18:045:10
289.18:035:11
299.28:025:13
309.28:015:14
319.38:005:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.29 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.2Dim
101.2Dim
111.2Dim
121.2Dim
131.2Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.3Dim
181.3Dim
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201.4Dim
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221.4Dim
231.4Dim
241.5Dim
251.5Dim
261.5Dim
271.6Dim
281.6Dim
291.6Dim
301.6Dim
311.7Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Gherla?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gherla.

What to pack for Gherla in January

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

In January, Gherla sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Gherla in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gherla peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
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Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gherla?

Gherla sits at 47.0°N, 23.9°E, 250 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Dej, 14 km away.

BistriţaTurdaCâmpia TurziiLuduşReghin-SatZalău

Topography around Gherla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gherla has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m around an average of 294 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,895 m.

The land around Gherla is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (29%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
293 m
16 km
406 m
80 km
1,895 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Dej 14 km · Cluj-Napoca 38 km · Bistriţa 46 km · Turda 53 km · Câmpia Turzii 54 km · Luduş 63 km · Reghin-Sat 67 km · Zalău 68 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
Romanian Orthodox 85%other 5%Roman Catholic 5%Reformed 3%

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 Gherla (47.0333°, 23.9167°, elevation 250 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).