Satu Mare has a continental
climate, characterised by hot dry summers and cold winters. As the city is in
the far north of the country, winter is much more colder than the national
average, with an average temperature of −17 °C (1 °F), lower than values
recorded in other cities in western Romania like Oradea (−15 °C (5 °F)) or Timişoara
(−17 °C (1 °F)). The average annual temperature is 9.6 °C (49 °F), or broken
down by seasons: Spring 10.2 °C (50 °F), Summer 19.6 °C (67 °F), Autumn 10.8 °C
(51 °F) and Winter 1.7 °C (35 °F). Atmospheric humidity is
