Prijedor climate — normals and trends
Prijedor (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 975 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 (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Prijedor averages 82 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Prijedor has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 105 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 19 August 1946) 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
PrijedorRepublika Srpska
- coords
- 44.98°, 16.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
975mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
9.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
26.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
39.4 °C
19 August 1946
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
20 August 1972
Windiest day
31.1 km/h
27 February 1990
Strongest gust
82.8 km/h
10 April 1973
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
4 August 2017
Coldest feels-like
-32.2 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.3 cm
23 December 2024
Sunniest day
14.7 h
20 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 50 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 65 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 160 mm | +86 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 73 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 129 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 2 mm | -96 mm |
| Jul | 29.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 69 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 71 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 51 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 72 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 119 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 35 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prijedor?
Prijedor has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prijedor?
The hottest day measured in Prijedor between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1946, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prijedor?
The coldest day measured in Prijedor between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Prijedor?
Yes. Prijedor gets on average 99.6 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Prijedor warmed?
Yes: Prijedor warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prijedor?
The wettest day measured in Prijedor between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1972, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prijedor?
The windiest day measured in Prijedor between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1990, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prijedor?
The warmest month in Prijedor is July (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Prijedor?
Prijedor receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prijedor?
Prijedor 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 Prijedor?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prijedor between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2024, with 29.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prijedor?
Yes: Prijedor has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prijedor?
In Prijedor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 4 August 2017, and the lowest was -32.2 °C on 24 January 1942.
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