Arilje climate — normals and trends
Arilje (Serbia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 892 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Arilje averages 103 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Arilje has warmed by +2.2 °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 117 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -28.6 °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
AriljeCentral Serbia
- coords
- 43.75°, 20.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
892mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
38.9 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
28 August 1985
Windiest day
35.3 km/h
3 March 2001
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
3 March 2001
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.1 cm
5 March 2015
Sunniest day
15.0 h
14 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 39 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 30 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 118 mm | +46 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 118 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 64 mm | -41 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 3 mm | -101 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 60 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 38 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 62 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | -2.0 °C | 132 mm | +73 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 112 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 14 mm | -52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arilje?
Arilje has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 892 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arilje?
The hottest day measured in Arilje between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arilje?
The coldest day measured in Arilje between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Arilje?
Yes. Arilje gets on average 138.9 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Arilje warmed?
Yes: Arilje warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arilje?
The wettest day measured in Arilje between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1985, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arilje?
The windiest day measured in Arilje between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2001, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arilje?
The warmest month in Arilje is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Arilje?
Arilje receives on average 892 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arilje?
Arilje gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arilje?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arilje between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2015, with 27.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arilje?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Arilje.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arilje?
In Arilje, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 26 July 2025, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 24 January 1942.
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