Knin climate — normals and trends
Knin (Croatia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,207 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Knin averages 72 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Knin has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 97 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 28 June 2022) and the coldest -25.0 °C (on 16 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
KninŠibenik-Knin County
- coords
- 44.04°, 16.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,207mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
37.5 °C
28 June 2022
Coldest day
-25.0 °C
16 February 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
1 October 2000
Windiest day
37.0 km/h
5 February 2020
Strongest gust
127.8 km/h
5 March 2015
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
28 June 2022
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
6 January 1967
Sunniest day
14.5 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 | 9.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 76 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 9.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 97 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 202 mm | +98 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 85 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 127 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 4 mm | -74 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 64 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 94 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 65 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 101 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 189 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | 10.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 43 mm | -87 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Knin?
Knin has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,207 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Knin?
The hottest day measured in Knin between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2022, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Knin?
The coldest day measured in Knin between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1940, at -25.0 °C.
Does it snow in Knin?
Yes. Knin gets on average 64.4 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Knin warmed?
Yes: Knin warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Knin?
The wettest day measured in Knin between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 2000, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Knin?
The windiest day measured in Knin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2020, with winds reaching 37.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Knin?
The warmest month in Knin is July (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Knin?
Knin receives on average 1,207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Knin?
Knin gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Knin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Knin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1967, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Knin?
Yes: Knin has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Knin?
In Knin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 28 June 2022, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 24 January 1942.
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