Sarajevo climate

Name: Sarajevo
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Sarajevo is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.9 °C. December is the wettest month (108 mm) and August the driest (69 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sarajevo averages 1,117 mm of rain, 54 days above 25 °C and 89 days below freezing.

Bosnia and Herzegovina · population 696,731 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 26 °C
Coldest month January -3.9 °C
Driest month August 69 mm
Wettest month December 108 mm
Least cloud August 42 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -26 °C

What to expectSarajevo through the year

Sarajevo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.1 °C in January to 26 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 54 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C, 89 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 69 mm in August to 108 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.1 °C	81 mm	70 %
February	5.5 °C	90 mm	69 %
March	9.7 °C	90 mm	66 %
April	14.8 °C	107 mm	65 %
May	19.3 °C	106 mm	63 %
June	23.1 °C	95 mm	54 %
July	25.4 °C	85 mm	43 %
August	26.1 °C	69 mm	42 %
September	20.9 °C	87 mm	56 %
October	16.1 °C	94 mm	61 %
November	10.4 °C	103 mm	69 %
December	5.0 °C	108 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	4.1 °C	-3.9 °C	-0.1 °C	16.0 °C	-25.6 °C	0	0	23
February	5.5 °C	-3.3 °C	1.0 °C	18.0 °C	-22.0 °C	0	0	20
March	9.7 °C	0.3 °C	4.9 °C	21.7 °C	-21.3 °C	0	0	13
April	14.8 °C	4.6 °C	9.8 °C	26.1 °C	-9.3 °C	0	0	3
May	19.3 °C	9.2 °C	14.5 °C	30.3 °C	-0.8 °C	3	0	0
June	23.1 °C	13.1 °C	18.4 °C	33.4 °C	4.0 °C	11	2	0
July	25.4 °C	15.3 °C	20.5 °C	36.1 °C	8.0 °C	16	5	0
August	26.1 °C	15.5 °C	20.8 °C	37.0 °C	5.2 °C	18	6	0
September	20.9 °C	11.3 °C	16.0 °C	33.7 °C	0.6 °C	6	1	0
October	16.1 °C	6.7 °C	11.2 °C	27.9 °C	-8.6 °C	0	0	1
November	10.4 °C	2.2 °C	6.1 °C	25.1 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	8
December	5.0 °C	-2.4 °C	1.1 °C	15.6 °C	-20.8 °C	0	0	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	81 mm	11	9.3 h/day	70 %	82 %	9.1 km/h
February	90 mm	11	10 h/day	69 %	79 %	10 km/h
March	90 mm	13	12 h/day	66 %	76 %	11 km/h
April	107 mm	15	13 h/day	65 %	74 %	11 km/h
May	106 mm	15	15 h/day	63 %	75 %	10 km/h
June	95 mm	13	15 h/day	54 %	75 %	9.4 km/h
July	85 mm	12	15 h/day	43 %	72 %	9.6 km/h
August	69 mm	11	14 h/day	42 %	71 %	9.0 km/h
September	87 mm	11	13 h/day	56 %	75 %	9.4 km/h
October	94 mm	10	11 h/day	61 %	79 %	9.1 km/h
November	103 mm	12	9.7 h/day	69 %	83 %	9.5 km/h
December	108 mm	12	8.9 h/day	70 %	83 %	9.3 km/h

How Sarajevo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Sarajevo	26 °C	-3.9 °C	1,117 mm	54
Zenica · Bosnia and Herzegovina	27 °C	-2.9 °C	1,101 mm	69
Banja Luka · Bosnia and Herzegovina	27 °C	-3.0 °C	1,006 mm	76
Podgorica · Montenegro	30 °C	0.2 °C	1,901 mm	98
Belgrade · Serbia	29 °C	-2.3 °C	669 mm	90

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sarajevo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Sarajevo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sarajevo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Sarajevo get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -3.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 89 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sarajevo?

December, averaging 108 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 69 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,117 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Sarajevo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 43.849°, 18.356° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.