Kočani climate — normals and trends
Kočani (North Macedonia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 826 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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kočani averages 101 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Kočani has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 26 January 2000).
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
KočaniKochani
- coords
- 41.92°, 22.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
826mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
39.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
26 January 2000
Wettest day
69 mm
24 July 1976
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
26 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-32.4 °C
26 January 2000
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
15 February 1991
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 44 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 18 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 94 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 69 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 138 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 7 mm | -83 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 14 mm | -45 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 77 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 67 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -2.6 °C | 132 mm | +66 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 182 mm | +105 mm |
| Dec | 7.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 55 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kočani?
Kočani has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 826 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kočani?
The hottest day measured in Kočani between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kočani?
The coldest day measured in Kočani between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2000, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kočani?
Yes. Kočani gets on average 84.8 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Kočani warmed?
Yes: Kočani warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kočani?
The wettest day measured in Kočani between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1976, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kočani?
The windiest day measured in Kočani between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kočani?
The warmest month in Kočani is July (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kočani?
Kočani receives on average 826 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kočani?
Kočani gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kočani?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kočani between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1991, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kočani?
Yes: Kočani has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kočani?
In Kočani, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -32.4 °C on 26 January 2000.
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