Sanica climate — normals and trends
Sanica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,218 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sanica averages 105 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Sanica 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 129 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 4 August 2017) and the coldest -27.8 °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
SanicaFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- coords
- 44.61°, 16.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,218mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
105 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
207.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 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
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
36.0 °C
4 August 2017
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
90 mm
24 July 1976
Windiest day
33.5 km/h
22 November 2024
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
18 December 1968
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
8 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-32.6 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
40.9 cm
4 February 1969
Sunniest day
14.7 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 56 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 74 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 207 mm | +110 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 115 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 133 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 6 mm | -113 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 96 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 79 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 68 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 85 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 155 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 35 mm | -67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sanica?
Sanica has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,218 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sanica?
The hottest day measured in Sanica between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2017, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sanica?
The coldest day measured in Sanica between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Sanica?
Yes. Sanica gets on average 207.3 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.
Has the climate of Sanica warmed?
Yes: Sanica warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sanica?
The wettest day measured in Sanica between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1976, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sanica?
The windiest day measured in Sanica between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2024, with winds reaching 33.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sanica?
The warmest month in Sanica is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Sanica?
Sanica receives on average 1,218 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sanica?
Sanica gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sanica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sanica between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1969, with 40.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sanica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sanica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sanica?
In Sanica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 8 July 2021, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 24 January 1942.
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