Pantelimon weather in January

In January, Pantelimon sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 6.6 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pantelimon's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pantelimon's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 3°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 38 mm; 6.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 hours; 7:54 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Pantelimon is locality in Ilfov County, Romania.

Founded: 1752

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pantelimon reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Avg low (°C)	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-4
2	3	-4
3	3	-4
4	3	-4
5	3	-4
6	2	-4
7	2	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-4
10	3	-4
11	3	-4
12	3	-4
13	3	-4
14	2	-4
15	2	-4
16	2	-4
17	2	-4
18	2	-4
19	2	-4
20	2	-4
21	2	-4
22	2	-4
23	2	-4
24	2	-4
25	3	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-4
29	3	-4
30	3	-4
31	3	-4

How January really feels in Pantelimon

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Pantelimon weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -4°	38	6.6	3.9	9	0.0
Feb	6° / -2°	33	6.1	3	10.1	0.5
Mar	11° / 2°	46	8.4	2	11.6	3.0
Apr	18° / 7°	53	8.9	0.2	13.2	5.7
May	23° / 12°	66	10.5	0	14.6	6.8
Jun	27° / 16°	82	11.7	0	15.3	6.2
Jul	30° / 18°	73	9.3	0	15	5.6
Aug	30° / 18°	44	6.4	0	13.9	6.0
Sep	24° / 13°	59	6.3	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	17° / 8°	52	7	0.2	10.7	5.9
Nov	10° / 3°	44	6.7	1.2	9.4	2.5
Dec	4° / -2°	43	7	2.8	8.7	0.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	40	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	43	43
Cloudier (%)	60	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	59	57	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	43	57
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pantelimon gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 6.6 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 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22
Snow chance (%)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	14
2	24	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	22	13
6	21	13
7	20	13
8	20	12
9	19	12
10	19	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	20	10
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 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 7:57 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 4:39 PM to 5:14 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43
Sunset (PM)	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.7	7:57	4:39
2	8.7	7:57	4:40
3	8.7	7:57	4:41
4	8.7	7:57	4:42
5	8.8	7:57	4:43
6	8.8	7:57	4:44
7	8.8	7:57	4:45
8	8.8	7:57	4:46
9	8.8	7:57	4:47
10	8.9	7:57	4:48
11	8.9	7:56	4:49
12	8.9	7:56	4:50
13	8.9	7:56	4:51
14	8.9	7:55	4:52
15	9.0	7:55	4:53
16	9.0	7:54	4:55
17	9.0	7:54	4:56
18	9.1	7:53	4:57
19	9.1	7:53	4:58
20	9.1	7:52	4:59
21	9.1	7:52	5:01
22	9.2	7:51	5:02
23	9.2	7:50	5:03
24	9.2	7:49	5:04
25	9.3	7:49	5:06
26	9.3	7:48	5:07
27	9.4	7:47	5:08
28	9.4	7:46	5:10
29	9.4	7:45	5:11
30	9.5	7:44	5:12
31	9.5	7:43	5:14

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.4	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.4	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.4	Dim
6	1.4	Dim
7	1.4	Dim
8	1.4	Dim
9	1.4	Dim
10	1.4	Dim
11	1.5	Dim
12	1.5	Dim
13	1.5	Dim
14	1.5	Dim
15	1.5	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.7	Dim
23	1.7	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.8	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pantelimon?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pantelimon.

What to pack for Pantelimon in January

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

In January, Pantelimon sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Pantelimon 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 Pantelimon peaks around July 19 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 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	8	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Air quality in Pantelimon in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Pantelimon is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	16	18	16	15	16	16	13	13	14	14	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pantelimon?

Pantelimon sits at 44.5°N, 26.2°E, 72 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Sector 3, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Pantelimon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pantelimon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 74 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 735 m.

The land around Pantelimon is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) within 3 km, cropland (40%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

80 m

cropland 40%

80 km

735 m

cropland 68%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← December Pantelimon year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Sector 3 4.0 km · Voluntari 5.0 km · Sector 2 5.0 km · Bucharest 8.0 km · Popeşti-Leordeni 8.0 km · Sector 4 10 km · Sector 5 12 km · Sector 1 13 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 Pantelimon (44.45°, 26.2°, elevation 72 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-4
2	3	-4
3	3	-4
4	3	-4
5	3	-4
6	2	-4
7	2	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-4
10	3	-4
11	3	-4
12	3	-4
13	3	-4
14	2	-4
15	2	-4
16	2	-4
17	2	-4
18	2	-4
19	2	-4
20	2	-4
21	2	-4
22	2	-4
23	2	-4
24	2	-4
25	3	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-4
29	3	-4
30	3	-4
31	3	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	14
2	24	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	22	13
6	21	13
7	20	13
8	20	12
9	19	12
10	19	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	20	10
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-4
2	3	-4
3	3	-4
4	3	-4
5	3	-4
6	2	-4
7	2	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-4
10	3	-4
11	3	-4
12	3	-4
13	3	-4
14	2	-4
15	2	-4
16	2	-4
17	2	-4
18	2	-4
19	2	-4
20	2	-4
21	2	-4
22	2	-4
23	2	-4
24	2	-4
25	3	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-4
29	3	-4
30	3	-4
31	3	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	14
2	24	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	22	13
6	21	13
7	20	13
8	20	12
9	19	12
10	19	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	20	10
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-4
2	3	-4
3	3	-4
4	3	-4
5	3	-4
6	2	-4
7	2	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-4
10	3	-4
11	3	-4
12	3	-4
13	3	-4
14	2	-4
15	2	-4
16	2	-4
17	2	-4
18	2	-4
19	2	-4
20	2	-4
21	2	-4
22	2	-4
23	2	-4
24	2	-4
25	3	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-4
29	3	-4
30	3	-4
31	3	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	14
2	24	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	22	13
6	21	13
7	20	13
8	20	12
9	19	12
10	19	11
11	18	11
12	18	11
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	20	10
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100