Bar climate — normals and trends
Bar (Montenegro) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 2,069 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bar averages 1 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Bar has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 12 August 2025) and the coldest -5.2 °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
BarBar
- coords
- 42.09°, 19.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
15.3°C
Annual rainfall
2,069mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
15.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.2 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
13.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
103 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
33.3 °C
12 August 2025
Coldest day
-5.2 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
179 mm
16 September 1972
Windiest day
68.5 km/h
30 January 2015
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-12.0 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
9 February 1965
Sunniest day
14.7 h
14 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 220 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 180 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 207 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 47 mm | -101 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 170 mm | +69 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 29 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 159 mm | +87 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 154 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 279 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 555 mm | +218 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 79 mm | -191 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bar?
Bar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 2,069 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bar?
The hottest day measured in Bar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 33.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bar?
The coldest day measured in Bar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -5.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bar?
Yes. Bar gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Bar warmed?
Yes: Bar warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bar?
The wettest day measured in Bar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1972, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bar?
The windiest day measured in Bar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2015, with winds reaching 68.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bar?
The warmest month in Bar is August (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bar?
Bar receives on average 2,069 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bar?
Bar 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 Bar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1965, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bar?
Yes: Bar has on average 103 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bar?
In Bar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 22 July 2015, and the lowest was -12.0 °C on 24 January 1963.
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