Bečej climate — normals and trends
Bečej (Serbia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 610 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bečej averages 70 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Bečej has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 82 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 9 August 1945) and the coldest -28.8 °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
BečejVojvodina
- coords
- 45.62°, 20.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
610mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
70 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
40.9 °C
9 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
67 mm
27 June 1940
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
11 April 1975
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
29 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
43.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.4 cm
26 February 1955
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 June 1940
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 | 6.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 25 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 28 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 106 mm | +61 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -1.9 °C | 60 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 30.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 2 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 69 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 21 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 27.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 29 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 28 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 63 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 21 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bečej?
Bečej has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 610 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bečej?
The hottest day measured in Bečej between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1945, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bečej?
The coldest day measured in Bečej between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Bečej?
Yes. Bečej gets on average 39.4 cm of snow per year and has around 70 frost days.
Has the climate of Bečej warmed?
Yes: Bečej warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bečej?
The wettest day measured in Bečej between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1940, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bečej?
The windiest day measured in Bečej between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1975, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bečej?
The warmest month in Bečej is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bečej?
Bečej receives on average 610 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bečej?
Bečej gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bečej?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bečej between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1955, with 23.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bečej?
Yes: Bečej has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bečej?
In Bečej, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 22 January 1940.
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