Bihać climate — normals and trends
Bihać (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,262 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bihać averages 95 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Bihać has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 4 August 2017) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 24 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BihaćFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- coords
- 44.82°, 15.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,262mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
187.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.1 °C
4 August 2017
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
84 mm
13 November 1997
Windiest day
39.9 km/h
10 February 1984
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
4 November 1966
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
12 August 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
40.2 cm
4 February 1969
Sunniest day
14.7 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 73 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 6.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 95 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 189 mm | +87 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 81 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 130 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 8 mm | -97 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 107 mm | +22 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 59 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 89 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 95 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 152 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 50 mm | -66 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bihać?
Bihać has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,262 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bihać?
The hottest day measured in Bihać between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2017, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bihać?
The coldest day measured in Bihać between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bihać?
Yes. Bihać gets on average 187.6 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Bihać warmed?
Yes: Bihać warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bihać?
The wettest day measured in Bihać between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1997, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bihać?
The windiest day measured in Bihać between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with winds reaching 39.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bihać?
The warmest month in Bihać is July (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Bihać?
Bihać receives on average 1,262 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bihać?
Bihać gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bihać?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bihać between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1969, with 40.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bihać?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bihać.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bihać?
In Bihać, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 12 August 2019, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 24 January 1942.
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