Crikvenica climate — normals and trends
Crikvenica (Croatia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 1,484 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Crikvenica averages 79 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Crikvenica has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 5 July 1950) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 15 February 1940).
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
CrikvenicaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar County
- coords
- 45.18°, 14.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,484mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 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
35.8 °C
5 July 1950
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
15 February 1940
Wettest day
93 mm
5 July 1965
Windiest day
41.1 km/h
5 March 2015
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
2 December 1983
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
15 February 1940
Snowiest day
33.5 cm
19 November 1999
Sunniest day
14.7 h
1 July 2019
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 | 6.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 194 mm | +81 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 87 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 201 mm | +83 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 100 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 143 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 6 mm | -110 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 197 mm | +107 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 67 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 99 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 180 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 189 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 37 mm | -106 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Crikvenica?
Crikvenica has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 1,484 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Crikvenica?
The hottest day measured in Crikvenica between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1950, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Crikvenica?
The coldest day measured in Crikvenica between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1940, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Crikvenica?
Yes. Crikvenica gets on average 119.9 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Crikvenica warmed?
Yes: Crikvenica warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Crikvenica?
The wettest day measured in Crikvenica between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1965, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Crikvenica?
The windiest day measured in Crikvenica between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2015, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Crikvenica?
The warmest month in Crikvenica is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Crikvenica?
Crikvenica receives on average 1,484 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Crikvenica?
Crikvenica gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Crikvenica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Crikvenica between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1999, with 33.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Crikvenica?
Yes: Crikvenica has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Crikvenica?
In Crikvenica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 15 February 1940.
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