Kotor climate — normals and trends
Kotor (Montenegro) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 2,336 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Kotor averages 37 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Kotor has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 54 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 24 August 2007) and the coldest -18.3 °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
KotorKotor
- coords
- 42.42°, 18.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,336mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
34.7 °C
24 August 2007
Coldest day
-18.3 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
175 mm
15 September 1988
Windiest day
39.1 km/h
26 March 1992
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
12 August 2019
Coldest feels-like
-23.2 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
39.1 cm
6 January 1967
Sunniest day
14.7 h
22 June 2025
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 | 9.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 240 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 133 mm | -98 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 424 mm | +221 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 72 mm | -112 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 216 mm | +69 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +5.2 °C | 10 mm | -96 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 142 mm | +72 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 171 mm | +83 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 203 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 190 mm | -74 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 505 mm | +149 mm |
| Dec | 10.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 73 mm | -213 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kotor?
Kotor has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 2,336 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kotor?
The hottest day measured in Kotor between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2007, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kotor?
The coldest day measured in Kotor between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -18.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kotor?
Yes. Kotor gets on average 110.5 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Kotor warmed?
Yes: Kotor warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kotor?
The wettest day measured in Kotor between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1988, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kotor?
The windiest day measured in Kotor between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1992, with winds reaching 39.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kotor?
The warmest month in Kotor is August (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kotor?
Kotor receives on average 2,336 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kotor?
Kotor gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kotor?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kotor between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1967, with 39.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kotor?
Yes: Kotor has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kotor?
In Kotor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 12 August 2019, and the lowest was -23.2 °C on 30 December 1941.
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