Mangalia weather in January

In January, Mangalia sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 7.4 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mangalia's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mangalia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
7:43 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover
68%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Mangalia is locality in Constanța County, Romania.

Air quality
Good
PM10 19.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded
~600 BCE

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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mangalia reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Mangalia

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Mangalia weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 447.439.10.1
Feb / 356.22.510.20.7
Mar10° / 448.11.211.62.3
Apr15° / 367.60.113.24.6
May20° / 13°438.2014.56.8
Jun25° / 18°508.3015.27.3
Jul28° / 20°386.4014.97.2
Aug28° / 20°315.2013.87.3
Sep23° / 16°506012.37.7
Oct18° / 11°526.6010.86.0
Nov12° / 406.50.69.53.3
Dec / 437.82.38.80.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Mangalia gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 7.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 4:32 PM to 5:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.87:454:32
28.87:464:33
38.87:464:34
48.87:464:35
58.87:464:36
68.97:464:37
78.97:454:38
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108.97:454:41
118.97:454:42
129.07:444:43
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159.07:434:46
169.17:434:47
179.17:424:48
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239.37:394:56
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.4Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mangalia?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mangalia.

What to pack for Mangalia in January

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

In January, Mangalia sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Mangalia in January

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 12 to Oct 1 — about 3.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Mangalia 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 Mangalia peaks around July 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 18UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mangalia?

Mangalia sits at 43.8°N, 28.6°E, 1 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Constanța, 41 km away.

MedgidiaNăvodariDobrichCernavodăFeteşti

Topography around Mangalia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mangalia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Mangalia is covered by water (41%), cropland (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and water (45%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

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80 km
362 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Constanța 41 km · Medgidia 54 km · Năvodari 56 km · Dobrich 66 km · Cernavodă 73 km · Varna 85 km · Feteşti 87 km · Asparuhovo 90 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 Mangalia (43.8162°, 28.5766°, elevation 1 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).