Podgorica climate — normals and trends
Podgorica (Montenegro) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,943 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Podgorica averages 52 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Podgorica has warmed by +2.3 °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 68 to 36 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 24 August 2007) and the coldest -22.2 °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
PodgoricaPodgorica
- coords
- 42.44°, 19.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,943mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
52 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
71.9 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
37.0 °C
24 August 2007
Coldest day
-22.2 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
128 mm
27 October 2012
Windiest day
32.1 km/h
13 December 1957
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
11 August 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
30.7 cm
6 January 1967
Sunniest day
14.8 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 250 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | -125 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 322 mm | +140 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 72 mm | -89 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 157 mm | +42 mm |
| Jun | 29.5 °C | +5.8 °C | 3 mm | -71 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 83 mm | +43 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 162 mm | +112 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 75 mm | -57 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 224 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 13.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 489 mm | +185 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 51 mm | -209 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Podgorica?
Podgorica has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,943 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Podgorica?
The hottest day measured in Podgorica between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2007, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Podgorica?
The coldest day measured in Podgorica between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -22.2 °C.
Does it snow in Podgorica?
Yes. Podgorica gets on average 71.9 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.
Has the climate of Podgorica warmed?
Yes: Podgorica warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Podgorica?
The wettest day measured in Podgorica between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2012, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Podgorica?
The windiest day measured in Podgorica between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1957, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Podgorica?
The warmest month in Podgorica is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Podgorica?
Podgorica receives on average 1,943 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Podgorica?
Podgorica 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 Podgorica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Podgorica between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1967, with 30.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Podgorica?
Yes: Podgorica has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Podgorica?
In Podgorica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 11 August 2019, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 30 December 1941.
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