Deçan climate — normals and trends
Deçan (Kosovo) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 1,213 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Deçan averages 98 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Deçan has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
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- coords
- 42.54°, 20.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,213mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
175.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
38.0 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
83 mm
21 December 1963
Windiest day
27.1 km/h
5 August 2021
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
33.5 cm
5 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
14 June 1954
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 90 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 35 mm | -75 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 122 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 108 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 109 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 9 mm | -80 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 36 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 44 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 41 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 225 mm | +119 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 261 mm | +115 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 39 mm | -96 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Deçan?
Deçan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 1,213 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Deçan?
The hottest day measured in Deçan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Deçan?
The coldest day measured in Deçan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Deçan?
Yes. Deçan gets on average 175.3 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Deçan warmed?
Yes: Deçan warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Deçan?
The wettest day measured in Deçan between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1963, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Deçan?
The windiest day measured in Deçan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2021, with winds reaching 27.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Deçan?
The warmest month in Deçan is July (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Deçan?
Deçan receives on average 1,213 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Deçan?
Deçan gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Deçan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Deçan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2015, with 33.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Deçan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Deçan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Deçan?
In Deçan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 30 December 1941.
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