Zadar climate — normals and trends
Zadar (Croatia) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 998 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Zadar averages 11 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Zadar has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 22 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -15.4 °C (on 23 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
ZadarZadar County
- coords
- 44.12°, 15.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
998mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
10.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
66 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
36.7 °C
11 August 2025
Coldest day
-15.4 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
123 mm
22 September 2002
Windiest day
64.5 km/h
14 November 2004
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
31 December 1979
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
6 August 2017
Coldest feels-like
-21.7 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
13.6 cm
31 December 1979
Sunniest day
14.4 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 55 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 12.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 110 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 119 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 44 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 83 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 2 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 60 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 66 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 105 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 82 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 15.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 100 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 54 mm | -58 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zadar?
Zadar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 998 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zadar?
The hottest day measured in Zadar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zadar?
The coldest day measured in Zadar between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -15.4 °C.
Does it snow in Zadar?
Yes. Zadar gets on average 8.7 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Zadar warmed?
Yes: Zadar warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zadar?
The wettest day measured in Zadar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 2002, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zadar?
The windiest day measured in Zadar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2004, with winds reaching 64.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zadar?
The warmest month in Zadar is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zadar?
Zadar receives on average 998 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zadar?
Zadar 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 Zadar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zadar between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1979, with 13.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zadar?
Yes: Zadar has on average 66 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zadar?
In Zadar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 6 August 2017, and the lowest was -21.7 °C on 23 January 1942.
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