Belgrade climate — normals and trends
Belgrade (Serbia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 654 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Belgrade averages 63 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Belgrade has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 77 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -26.5 °C (on 22 January 1940).
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
BelgradeCentral Serbia
- coords
- 44.80°, 20.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
654mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.9 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
42.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
58 mm
1 August 1959
Windiest day
45.7 km/h
17 February 1979
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
17 February 1979
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 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 | 8.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 24 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 24 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 16.5 °C | +4.7 °C | 90 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 59 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 21.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 55 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 31.6 °C | +5.4 °C | 1 mm | -74 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 45 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 27.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 49 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 81 mm | +37 mm |
| Nov | 12.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 88 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 16 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belgrade?
Belgrade has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 654 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Belgrade?
The hottest day measured in Belgrade between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belgrade?
The coldest day measured in Belgrade between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Belgrade?
Yes. Belgrade gets on average 48.9 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Belgrade warmed?
Yes: Belgrade warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Belgrade?
The wettest day measured in Belgrade between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1959, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Belgrade?
The windiest day measured in Belgrade between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1979, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belgrade?
The warmest month in Belgrade is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Belgrade?
Belgrade receives on average 654 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belgrade?
Belgrade gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Belgrade?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Belgrade between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belgrade?
Yes: Belgrade has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belgrade?
In Belgrade, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 22 January 1940.
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