Zvečan climate — normals and trends
Zvečan (Kosovo) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 670 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zvečan averages 102 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Zvečan has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.6 °C (on 24 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
ZvečanMitrovica
- coords
- 42.91°, 20.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
670mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
39.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.6 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
52 mm
8 November 2016
Windiest day
31.8 km/h
26 February 1989
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
22 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.2 cm
3 October 2025
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 21 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 61 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 84 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 58 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +5.7 °C | 7 mm | -65 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 53 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 14 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 28 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 146 mm | +97 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 120 mm | +57 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 14 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zvečan?
Zvečan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zvečan?
The hottest day measured in Zvečan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zvečan?
The coldest day measured in Zvečan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -29.6 °C.
Does it snow in Zvečan?
Yes. Zvečan gets on average 110.3 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Zvečan warmed?
Yes: Zvečan warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zvečan?
The wettest day measured in Zvečan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 2016, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zvečan?
The windiest day measured in Zvečan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1989, with winds reaching 31.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zvečan?
The warmest month in Zvečan is August (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Zvečan?
Zvečan receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zvečan?
Zvečan gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zvečan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zvečan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 2025, with 26.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zvečan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zvečan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zvečan?
In Zvečan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 22 July 2007, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 24 January 1942.
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