Kotor Varos climate — normals and trends
Kotor Varos (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 1,080 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kotor Varos averages 101 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Kotor Varos has warmed by +3.1 °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 124 to 78 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 19 August 1946) and the coldest -28.1 °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
Kotor VarosRepublika Srpska
- coords
- 44.62°, 17.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,080mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
176.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
36.6 °C
19 August 1946
Coldest day
-28.1 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
145 mm
24 July 1976
Windiest day
32.7 km/h
10 April 1973
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
10 April 1973
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
26 June 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
38.0 cm
14 November 2004
Sunniest day
14.7 h
19 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 46 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 59 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 195 mm | +107 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 117 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 112 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 3 mm | -104 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 71 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 40 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 74 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 135 mm | +39 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 31 mm | -60 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kotor Varos?
Kotor Varos has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,080 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kotor Varos?
The hottest day measured in Kotor Varos between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1946, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kotor Varos?
The coldest day measured in Kotor Varos between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kotor Varos?
Yes. Kotor Varos gets on average 176.1 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Kotor Varos warmed?
Yes: Kotor Varos warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kotor Varos?
The wettest day measured in Kotor Varos between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1976, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kotor Varos?
The windiest day measured in Kotor Varos between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1973, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kotor Varos?
The warmest month in Kotor Varos is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kotor Varos?
Kotor Varos receives on average 1,080 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kotor Varos?
Kotor Varos gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kotor Varos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kotor Varos between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2004, with 38.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kotor Varos?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kotor Varos.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kotor Varos?
In Kotor Varos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 26 June 2025, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 24 January 1942.
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