Current climate change overlaps with a clear tendency of the human population to concentrate in cities. These combined trends increase both the exposure to weather extremes and the vulnerability of the population, forcing the authorities to adapt environmental policies aimed at increasing the resilience response of urban areas to climate change. However, in order to develop such policies, an adequate assessment of the climatic conditions inside cities is needed. The proposed presentation indicates the main objectives of a research project developed in this idea. In situ observations, expeditionary measurements and climate information derived from satellite images are foreseen to be implemented and explored for the 16 most important cities located in the North - Eastern Development region of Romania aiming to accurately depict urban climate conditions. Based on all available meteorological data, we also aim to describe the synoptic types that are commonly associated with extreme weather conditions in selected cities. Future climate conditions will also be estimated based on climate scenarios. These analyzes are intended to increase the prediction of extreme weather and climate conditions, representing key elements for a sound scientific basis on which resilience policies should be based.