Kumanovo climate — normals and trends
Kumanovo (North Macedonia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 535 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Kumanovo averages 81 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Kumanovo has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -26.0 °C (on 24 January 1942).
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
KumanovoKumanovo
- coords
- 42.13°, 21.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
535mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.6 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
42.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.0 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
51 mm
19 August 1949
Windiest day
34.3 km/h
26 February 1989
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
26 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.1 cm
15 February 1991
Sunniest day
15.0 h
8 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 31 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 15 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 67 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 56 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 67 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 30.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 2 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 7 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 23 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 30 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | -2.8 °C | 126 mm | +79 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 143 mm | +84 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 27 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kumanovo?
Kumanovo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 535 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kumanovo?
The hottest day measured in Kumanovo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kumanovo?
The coldest day measured in Kumanovo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -26.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kumanovo?
Yes. Kumanovo gets on average 63.6 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Kumanovo warmed?
Yes: Kumanovo warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kumanovo?
The wettest day measured in Kumanovo between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1949, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kumanovo?
The windiest day measured in Kumanovo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1989, with winds reaching 34.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kumanovo?
The warmest month in Kumanovo is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kumanovo?
Kumanovo receives on average 535 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kumanovo?
Kumanovo 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 Kumanovo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kumanovo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1991, with 26.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kumanovo?
Yes: Kumanovo has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kumanovo?
In Kumanovo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 24 January 1942.
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