Kragujevac climate — normals and trends
Kragujevac (Serbia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 761 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kragujevac averages 81 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Kragujevac has warmed by +2.3 °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 98 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 16 February 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
KragujevacCentral Serbia
- coords
- 44.02°, 20.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
761mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
42.9 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
16 February 1940
Wettest day
82 mm
28 August 1985
Windiest day
37.2 km/h
5 February 2020
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
28 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
45.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.9 °C
16 February 1940
Snowiest day
25.6 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.0 h
22 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 | 7.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 29 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 24 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 90 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 49 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 30.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 3 mm | -91 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 56 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 121 mm | +69 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 120 mm | +59 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 26 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kragujevac?
Kragujevac has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 761 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kragujevac?
The hottest day measured in Kragujevac between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kragujevac?
The coldest day measured in Kragujevac between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1940, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kragujevac?
Yes. Kragujevac gets on average 69.3 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Kragujevac warmed?
Yes: Kragujevac warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kragujevac?
The wettest day measured in Kragujevac between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1985, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kragujevac?
The windiest day measured in Kragujevac between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2020, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kragujevac?
The warmest month in Kragujevac is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kragujevac?
Kragujevac receives on average 761 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kragujevac?
Kragujevac 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 Kragujevac?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kragujevac between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 25.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kragujevac?
Yes: Kragujevac has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kragujevac?
In Kragujevac, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 16 February 1940.
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