Novi Pazar climate — normals and trends
Novi Pazar (Serbia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 879 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Novi Pazar averages 112 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Novi Pazar has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -30.9 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
Novi PazarCentral Serbia
- coords
- 43.14°, 20.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
879mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
151.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
37.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.9 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
53 mm
8 November 2016
Windiest day
31.9 km/h
26 February 1989
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
23 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-35.9 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
30.8 cm
3 October 2025
Sunniest day
15.0 h
14 June 1954
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 45 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 32 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 82 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 106 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 76 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 4 mm | -100 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 78 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 29 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 44 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -2.0 °C | 150 mm | +90 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 127 mm | +55 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 16 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novi Pazar?
Novi Pazar has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 879 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novi Pazar?
The hottest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novi Pazar?
The coldest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -30.9 °C.
Does it snow in Novi Pazar?
Yes. Novi Pazar gets on average 151.5 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Novi Pazar warmed?
Yes: Novi Pazar warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novi Pazar?
The wettest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 2016, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novi Pazar?
The windiest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1989, with winds reaching 31.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novi Pazar?
The warmest month in Novi Pazar is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Novi Pazar?
Novi Pazar receives on average 879 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novi Pazar?
Novi Pazar 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 Novi Pazar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 2025, with 30.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novi Pazar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Novi Pazar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novi Pazar?
In Novi Pazar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 23 August 2007, and the lowest was -35.9 °C on 30 December 1941.
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