Pljevlja climate — normals and trends
Pljevlja (Montenegro) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,249 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Pljevlja averages 136 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 169 rainy days per year.
Pljevlja 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 151 to 121 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 3 January 1940).
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
- 43.36°, 19.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,249mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
169 d/yr
Annual snowfall
294.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
34.0 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
3 January 1940
Wettest day
93 mm
15 September 1988
Windiest day
31.2 km/h
18 December 1968
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
26 June 2025
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
3 January 1940
Snowiest day
46.2 cm
5 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
6 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 | 3.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 67 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 56 mm | -46 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 165 mm | +64 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 122 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 15.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 96 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 28 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 111 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 62 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 101 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | -1.9 °C | 129 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 207 mm | +82 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 29 mm | -82 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pljevlja?
Pljevlja has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,249 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pljevlja?
The hottest day measured in Pljevlja between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pljevlja?
The coldest day measured in Pljevlja between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1940, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Pljevlja?
Yes. Pljevlja gets on average 294.0 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Pljevlja warmed?
Yes: Pljevlja warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pljevlja?
The wettest day measured in Pljevlja between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1988, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pljevlja?
The windiest day measured in Pljevlja between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1968, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pljevlja?
The warmest month in Pljevlja is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Pljevlja?
Pljevlja receives on average 1,249 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 169 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pljevlja?
Pljevlja gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pljevlja?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pljevlja between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2015, with 46.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pljevlja?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pljevlja.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pljevlja?
In Pljevlja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 26 June 2025, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 3 January 1940.
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