Pula climate — normals and trends
Pula (Croatia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,012 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 August (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Pula averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Pula has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 7 August 2015) and the coldest -7.4 °C (on 14 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
PulaIstria County
- coords
- 44.87°, 13.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
14.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,012mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
25.6km/h
Seasonal range
16.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
11.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
85 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
30.9 °C
7 August 2015
Coldest day
-7.4 °C
14 February 1940
Wettest day
83 mm
28 August 1989
Windiest day
76.5 km/h
4 November 1966
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
11 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-16.9 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
17.3 cm
23 January 1940
Sunniest day
14.6 h
29 June 2023
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 | 11.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 60 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 10.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 56 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 101 mm | +24 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 122 mm | +58 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 24 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 47 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 153 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 133 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 104 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 12.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 40 mm | -67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pula?
Pula has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,012 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pula?
The hottest day measured in Pula between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2015, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pula?
The coldest day measured in Pula between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, at -7.4 °C.
Does it snow in Pula?
Yes. Pula gets on average 7.1 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Pula warmed?
Yes: Pula warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pula?
The wettest day measured in Pula between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1989, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pula?
The windiest day measured in Pula between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1966, with winds reaching 76.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pula?
The warmest month in Pula is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Pula?
Pula receives on average 1,012 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pula?
Pula gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pula?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pula between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1940, with 17.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pula?
Yes: Pula has on average 85 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pula?
In Pula, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 22 July 2015, and the lowest was -16.9 °C on 10 February 1956.
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