Oradea

Oradea (; German: Großwardein, Hungarian: Nagyvárad, :, colloquially also Várad, former Turkish: Varat, Yiddish: גרויסווארדיין Groysvardeyn) the capital city of Bihor County and Crișana region, is one of the important centers of economic, social and cultural development of the western part of Romania, retaining these characteristics throughout history. The city is nestled between the hills that separate and unify in a harmonious way and ends with plain Crisana hilly aspect of the Apuseni Mountains. Located on the banks Crisul Repede river, the river that divides the city into almost equal halves, it is the gateway to Central and Western European world. Depending on the main points of the compass, the city is located in the north-west of Romania, at the intersection of parallel 47 ° 03 'north latitude with meridian 21 ° 55' east longitude.

Located about 10 km from Bors, the biggest point of the border on the west border, Oradea ranks tenth in size among the cities. More specifically, it covers an area of 11,556 ha. The city is at an altitude of 126 m above sea level, in the opening of the Cris valley and the plain area, in an area of contact between the extensions of the Apuseni Mountains and the extendedPlain Crisano-Banato. It states as the area of transition from relief hills, to the Pannonian plain. City topoclimatic action is determined by the continued Western winds. We do so with a temperate continental weather with oceanic influences.

Annual average temperature is 10.4˚C. In July the average is about 21 C, while in January recorded an average of −1.4 C. Rainfall is relatively high, registering an annual average of about 585.4 mm. It is variably distributed throughout the year, not being able to delineate the temporal categorical areas of maximum and minimum rainfall.