Climate and average weather in Târgu Secuiesc

In Târgu Secuiesc, the summers are warm, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late June to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Târgu Secuiesc typically varies from -8°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -18°C or above 28°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Târgu Secuiesc for warm-weather activities is from late June to late September.

Hottest
Aug
23°
Coldest
Jan
-8°
Wettest
Jun
114 mm
Driest
Feb
31 mm
Rain / yr
751 mm
126 wet days
Daylight
8.4–15.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
571 m
46.0°N
Clearest
Aug
49% cloud

Târgu Secuiesc is locality in Covasna County, Romania.

Founded
1407

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

Târgu Secuiesc weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late June to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Târgu Secuiesc, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.1 months, from May 18 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Târgu Secuiesc is August, with an average high of 23°C and low of 12°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 24 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 4°C. The coldest month of the year in Târgu Secuiesc is January, with an average low of -8°C and high of -1°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in August.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-1-8
Feb1-7
Mar6-3
Apr122
May177
Jun2111
Jul2312
Aug2312
Sep188
Oct123
Nov6-1
Dec0-6

How hot and cold Târgu Secuiesc really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -13°C (around January 28), with roughly 182 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 69 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-1-1-12-8
Feb11-11-7
Mar66-7-3
Apr121202
May171757
Jun21211011
Jul23231212
Aug23231212
Sep181868
Oct121213
Nov66-4-1
Dec00-10-6

Average hourly temperature in Târgu Secuiesc

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -8°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Târgu Secuiesc weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -8°327.47.78.90.0
Feb / -7°316.87100.0
Mar / -3°5210.57.611.60.5
Apr12° / 72132.713.32.8
May17° / 98150.414.74.8
Jun21° / 11°11416.3015.55.4
Jul23° / 12°10314.3015.26.2
Aug23° / 12°7711.50146.8
Sep18° / 549.20.112.35.8
Oct12° / 477.71.410.73.5
Nov / -1°346.84.49.20.7
Dec-0° / -6°387.678.50.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Târgu Secuiesc gets about 751 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around Mar 20 to Aug 16, peaking in June at about 55% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 1.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 114 mm over about 16 wet days; February is the driest, with 31 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 19 · 55%Nov 1 · 21%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb267
Mar3311
Apr4313
May4815
Jun5316
Jul4714
Aug3712
Sep309
Oct258
Nov237
Dec248

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Târgu Secuiesc collects about 751 mm of rain across 126 wet days — roughly 63 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 114 mm, while February is the driest at just 31 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec32315272981141037754473438
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3278
Feb3177
Mar52118
Apr72133
May98150
Jun114160
Jul103140
Aug77120
Sep5490
Oct4781
Nov3474
Dec3887

Snow in Târgu Secuiesc

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Târgu Secuiesc averages about 38 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 29 to May 6 — about 7.2 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 26 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 179 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan826
Feb735
Mar834
Apr323
May01
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct18
Nov421
Dec731

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Târgu Secuiesc, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 3 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around November 10. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 63% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 11 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around June 2. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 68% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 16 · 65%Dec 29 · 31%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3466
Feb3367
Mar3565
Apr3763
May4060
Jun4654
Jul5545
Aug6337
Sep4951
Oct4654
Nov4060
Dec3268

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 20, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 19, only 8 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.98:004:49
Feb10.07:295:32
Mar11.66:376:13
Apr13.35:376:55
May14.74:507:34
Jun15.54:308:02
Jul15.24:457:58
Aug14.05:207:19
Sep12.36:006:19
Oct10.76:405:21
Nov9.27:254:37
Dec8.57:584:26

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Târgu Secuiesc averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around Jul 3 to Nov 15. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is February, down near 6 sunny days — about 49% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 1813 daysFeb 275 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul9Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep9Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov8Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Târgu Secuiesc, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 8% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 14 · 100%Aug 1 · 85%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9820
Jun65314
Jul464311
Aug54388
Sep9370
Oct9910
Nov10000
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Târgu Secuiesc is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Nov 14 to May 6. The windiest month is March, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 7 to Nov 13, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 17 · 10 km/hAug 6 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar10calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Târgu Secuiesc

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Târgu Secuiesc's rainy season runs March–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Târgu Secuiesc

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Târgu Secuiesc throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early July, Târgu Secuiesc is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Târgu Secuiesc for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to late September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 15 · 6.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.5poor
Apr2.8poor
May4.8fair
Jun5.5fair
Jul6.2good
Aug6.7good
Sep5.8good
Oct3.5poor
Nov0.7poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Târgu Secuiesc for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 10 · 5.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Târgu Secuiesc, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -1°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Târgu Secuiesc sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Târgu Secuiesc by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Târgu Secuiesc peaks around July 17 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Târgu Secuiesc

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar30
Apr73.5
May71
Jun8.54.5
Jul85
Aug7.54
Sep5.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Târgu Secuiesc typically lasts about 220 days, from around April 2 to November 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 29 to October 4.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonJan 2210%Apr 250%Apr 2990%Oct 490%Nov 750%Jan 1110%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1131
Feb1428
Mar2931
Apr7229
May980
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep980
Oct7626
Nov3930
Dec1531

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Târgu Secuiesc banks about 767 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May62
Jun170
Jul229
Aug224
Sep82
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Târgu Secuiesc receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.2 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.2 kWh/m² — roughly 79% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 145.8 kWhDec 161.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.5Dim
Feb2.3Moderate
Mar3.5Moderate
Apr4.7Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.7Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep3.7Moderate
Oct2.5Moderate
Nov1.6Dim
Dec1.2Dim

Where is Târgu Secuiesc?

Târgu Secuiesc sits at 46.0°N, 26.1°E, 571 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Sfântu Gheorghe, 31 km away.

Miercurea-CiucComăneştiSăceleBrasovMoineştiCodleaRâşnov

Topography around Târgu Secuiesc

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Târgu Secuiesc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 564 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 771 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,382 m.

The land around Târgu Secuiesc is covered by cropland (85%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
771 m
80 km
2,382 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Sfântu Gheorghe 31 km · Miercurea-Ciuc 47 km · Comăneşti 52 km · Săcele 54 km · Brasov 57 km · Moineşti 60 km · Codlea 63 km · Râşnov 70 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 Târgu Secuiesc (46°, 26.1333°, elevation 571 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).