Because of its position on the southeastern portion of the European continent, Romania has a climate that is transitional between temperate and continental. Climatic conditions are somewhat modified by the country's varied relief. The Carpathians serve as a barrier to Atlantic air masses, restricting their oceanic influences to the west and center of the country, where they make for milder winters and heavier rainfall. The mountains also block the continental influences of the vast plain to the north in the Ukraine, which bring frosty winters and less rain to the south and southeast. In the extreme southeast, Mediterranean influences offer a milder, maritime climate. The average annual temperature is 11°C (51.8°F) in the south and 8°C (46.4°F) in the north.

This region has a moderate continental climate with considerable maritime and some Mediterranean influences. There are four distinct seasons in a year.

Summers are warm, dry and sunny with a July average of 25 °C. Constanţa rarely experiences very hot days often found in the interior, because of the moderating influence of the Black Sea. Summers settle around early June and end in mid September.

Autumns start late September, they're long and relatively warm. Nights can still be tropical (temperatures above 20 °C) on an average of 10 days in September. September is often warmer than June, because of the heat accumulated by the Black Sea. The first frost occurs on average on November 19.

Winter is much balmier compared to other cities in southern Romania. Snow is not abundant and the weather can be very windy and thus, unpleasant. Winter arrives much later than in the interior and December weather is often mild with high temperatures reaching 12 °C. Average January temperature is +0.4 °C.

Spring arrives early but it's quite cool. Often in April and May the Romanian Riviera coast is the coolest place in Romania (high mountains excluded).

The winter of 2007 was the warmest in recorded history. The January average was 6.5 °C - 6 degrees above the normal. The summer of 2007 was the second hottest in history (after the summer of 1946) with a record breaking June average temperature of 23.0 °C - 3.5 degrees above the norm

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