Vitina climate — normals and trends
Vitina (Kosovo) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 815 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 (20.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Vitina averages 96 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Vitina has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -31.1 °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
VitinaGjilan
- coords
- 42.32°, 21.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
815mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
108.2 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 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
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
38.7 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-31.1 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
52 mm
23 June 2020
Windiest day
23.8 km/h
24 February 1992
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
5 May 1954
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
33.7 cm
15 November 1981
Sunniest day
15.0 h
14 June 1941
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 | 5.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 19 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 72 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 98 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 82 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +5.2 °C | 18 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 11 mm | -48 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 45 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 41 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 170 mm | +107 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 157 mm | +83 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vitina?
Vitina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vitina?
The hottest day measured in Vitina between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vitina?
The coldest day measured in Vitina between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -31.1 °C.
Does it snow in Vitina?
Yes. Vitina gets on average 108.2 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Vitina warmed?
Yes: Vitina warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vitina?
The wettest day measured in Vitina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 2020, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vitina?
The windiest day measured in Vitina between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1992, with winds reaching 23.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vitina?
The warmest month in Vitina is August (20.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Vitina?
Vitina receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vitina?
Vitina 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 Vitina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vitina between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1981, with 33.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vitina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vitina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vitina?
In Vitina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 30 December 1941.
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