Vulcan weather in January

In January, Vulcan sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Vulcan's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vulcan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
1st coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
8:09 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover
66%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
1.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vulcan is locality in Hunedoara County, Romania.

Air quality
Good
PM10 22.3 µg/m³ · 2018
Founded
1462

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 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vulcan reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
10-6
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101-6
111-6
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How January really feels in Vulcan

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.

Vulcan 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°531110.58.90.0
Feb / -5°5210.89.310.10.0
Mar / -2°72137.711.60.7
Apr12° / 10315.92.813.22.7
May17° / 13719.20.214.74.2
Jun20° / 10°15017.7015.45.2
Jul22° / 11°13917.1015.15.8
Aug22° / 11°10814.3013.96.3
Sep18° / 9211.90.112.35.5
Oct13° / 689.8110.73.5
Nov / -0°5710.35.39.30.9
Dec / -5°6211.49.18.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33862
43862
53961
63862
73862
83862
93862
104060
113961
123961
133961
143862
153862
163862
173763
183862
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203862
213763
223763
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vulcan gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13734
23733
33633
43532
53432
63331
73230
83230
93129
103129
113029
123028
133028
143028
153129
163129
173230
183331
193432
203533
213634
223735
233836
243836
253937
263937
273937
283937
293937
303937
313836

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 (%)
1100
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5100
6100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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155calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 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 8:13 AM to 7:58 AM, and sunset from 4:48 PM to 5:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.68:134:48
28.68:134:49
38.68:134:49
48.68:134:50
58.68:134:51
68.78:124:52
78.78:124:53
88.78:124:54
98.78:124:55
108.78:124:56
118.88:114:57
128.88:114:58
138.88:115:00
148.88:105:01
158.98:105:02
168.98:095:03
178.98:095:04
189.08:085:06
199.08:085:07
209.08:075:08
219.18:065:09
229.18:065:11
239.18:055:12
249.28:045:13
259.28:035:15
269.28:025:16
279.38:025:17
289.38:015:19
299.38:005:20
309.47:595:21
319.47:585:23

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
21.3Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
111.4Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.5Dim
151.5Dim
161.5Dim
171.5Dim
181.5Dim
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211.6Dim
221.6Dim
231.6Dim
241.6Dim
251.7Dim
261.7Dim
271.7Dim
281.8Dim
291.8Dim
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311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vulcan?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vulcan.

What to pack for Vulcan in January

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

In January, Vulcan sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Vulcan 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 Vulcan peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 14UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vulcan?

Vulcan sits at 45.4°N, 23.3°E, 757 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Lupeni, 3.0 km away.

HunedoaraOrăştieCugirDeva

Topography around Vulcan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vulcan has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 840 m around an average of 780 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,462 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,416 m.

The land around Vulcan is covered by trees (72%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
840 m
16 km
1,462 m
80 km
2,416 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lupeni 3.0 km · Petroşani 9.0 km · Petrila 14 km · Târgu Jiu 37 km · Hunedoara 50 km · Orăştie 50 km · Cugir 51 km · Deva 62 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 Vulcan (45.3833°, 23.2667°, elevation 757 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).