Shtip climate — normals and trends
Shtip (North Macedonia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 511 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Shtip averages 72 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Shtip has warmed by +2.2 °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 86 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -24.9 °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
ShtipShtip
- coords
- 41.75°, 22.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
511mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.2 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °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
43.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
84 mm
24 July 1976
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
27 March 1993
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.3 cm
20 November 1998
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 | 6.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 9 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 60 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 57 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 72 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 2 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 4 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 31 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 27.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 24 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -3.2 °C | 99 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 101 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 53 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shtip?
Shtip has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 511 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shtip?
The hottest day measured in Shtip between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shtip?
The coldest day measured in Shtip between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Shtip?
Yes. Shtip gets on average 46.2 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Shtip warmed?
Yes: Shtip warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shtip?
The wettest day measured in Shtip between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1976, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shtip?
The windiest day measured in Shtip between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shtip?
The warmest month in Shtip is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Shtip?
Shtip receives on average 511 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shtip?
Shtip gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shtip?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shtip between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1998, with 24.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shtip?
Yes: Shtip has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shtip?
In Shtip, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 24 January 1942.
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