Gornji Vakuf climate — normals and trends
Gornji Vakuf (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 1,204 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Gornji Vakuf averages 121 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Gornji Vakuf has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 10 August 2017) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 4 January 1979).
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
Gornji VakufFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- coords
- 43.94°, 17.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,204mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
233.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
33.6 °C
10 August 2017
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
4 January 1979
Wettest day
80 mm
2 October 2000
Windiest day
36.4 km/h
10 April 1973
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
9 October 1964
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
21 June 2024
Coldest feels-like
-32.6 °C
4 January 1979
Snowiest day
37.4 cm
10 February 1999
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 | 4.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 62 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 78 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 212 mm | +115 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 89 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 107 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +6.1 °C | 9 mm | -102 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 83 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 64 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 70 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 82 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 170 mm | +48 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 35 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gornji Vakuf?
Gornji Vakuf has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 1,204 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gornji Vakuf?
The hottest day measured in Gornji Vakuf between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2017, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gornji Vakuf?
The coldest day measured in Gornji Vakuf between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1979, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gornji Vakuf?
Yes. Gornji Vakuf gets on average 233.4 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Gornji Vakuf warmed?
Yes: Gornji Vakuf warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gornji Vakuf?
The wettest day measured in Gornji Vakuf between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2000, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gornji Vakuf?
The windiest day measured in Gornji Vakuf between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gornji Vakuf?
The warmest month in Gornji Vakuf is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Gornji Vakuf?
Gornji Vakuf receives on average 1,204 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gornji Vakuf?
Gornji Vakuf gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gornji Vakuf?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gornji Vakuf between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1999, with 37.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gornji Vakuf?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gornji Vakuf.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gornji Vakuf?
In Gornji Vakuf, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 21 June 2024, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 4 January 1979.
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