Bitola climate — normals and trends
Bitola (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 727 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bitola averages 93 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Bitola has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -25.4 °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
BitolaBitola
- coords
- 41.03°, 21.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
8.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
115.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
36.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
79 mm
3 September 1964
Windiest day
24.5 km/h
5 August 1941
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
26 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
30.6 cm
28 October 1978
Sunniest day
14.9 h
14 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 | 6.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 62 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 6.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 17 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 91 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 108 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 128 mm | +48 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 10 mm | -48 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 6 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 39 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | -1.7 °C | 108 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 12.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 138 mm | +60 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 67 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bitola?
Bitola has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bitola?
The hottest day measured in Bitola between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bitola?
The coldest day measured in Bitola between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bitola?
Yes. Bitola gets on average 115.7 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Bitola warmed?
Yes: Bitola warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bitola?
The wettest day measured in Bitola between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1964, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bitola?
The windiest day measured in Bitola between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1941, with winds reaching 24.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bitola?
The warmest month in Bitola is August (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bitola?
Bitola receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bitola?
Bitola gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bitola?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bitola between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1978, with 30.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bitola?
Yes: Bitola has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bitola?
In Bitola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 30 December 1941.
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