Sokolac climate — normals and trends
Sokolac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 1,146 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sokolac averages 121 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Sokolac has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 19 August 1946) and the coldest -30.6 °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
SokolacRepublika Srpska
- coords
- 43.94°, 18.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,146mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
200.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
35.7 °C
19 August 1946
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
14 May 2014
Windiest day
36.7 km/h
25 April 1979
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
1 April 1992
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
26 June 2025
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
39.7 cm
14 November 2004
Sunniest day
14.9 h
12 June 2004
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 46 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 57 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 169 mm | +84 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 123 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 104 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 11 mm | -129 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 84 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 64 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 75 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 108 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 128 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 27 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sokolac?
Sokolac has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 1,146 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sokolac?
The hottest day measured in Sokolac between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1946, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sokolac?
The coldest day measured in Sokolac between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sokolac?
Yes. Sokolac gets on average 200.1 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Sokolac warmed?
Yes: Sokolac warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sokolac?
The wettest day measured in Sokolac between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2014, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sokolac?
The windiest day measured in Sokolac between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1979, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sokolac?
The warmest month in Sokolac is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Sokolac?
Sokolac receives on average 1,146 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sokolac?
Sokolac 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 Sokolac?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sokolac between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2004, with 39.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sokolac?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sokolac.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sokolac?
In Sokolac, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 26 June 2025, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 30 December 1941.
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