Zenica climate

Name: Zenica
Address: BA

Zenica is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.9 °C. May is the wettest month (115 mm) and January the driest (74 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zenica averages 1,101 mm of rain, 69 days above 25 °C and 76 days below freezing.

Bosnia and Herzegovina · population 164,423 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -2.9 °C
Driest month January 74 mm
Wettest month May 115 mm
Least cloud August 42 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -23 °C

What to expectZenica through the year

Zenica has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.2 °C in January to 27 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 69 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C, 76 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 74 mm in January to 115 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.2 °C	74 mm	68 %
February	6.7 °C	80 mm	66 %
March	11.2 °C	87 mm	63 %
April	16.2 °C	103 mm	61 %
May	20.6 °C	115 mm	60 %
June	24.3 °C	109 mm	53 %
July	26.5 °C	101 mm	43 %
August	27.0 °C	77 mm	42 %
September	21.9 °C	93 mm	54 %
October	17.3 °C	81 mm	59 %
November	11.5 °C	90 mm	66 %
December	6.0 °C	91 mm	68 %

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	5.2 °C	-2.9 °C	1.0 °C	17.7 °C	-23.5 °C	0	0	21
February	6.7 °C	-2.4 °C	2.1 °C	20.6 °C	-20.5 °C	0	0	18
March	11.2 °C	1.3 °C	6.2 °C	23.5 °C	-17.5 °C	0	0	10
April	16.2 °C	5.7 °C	11.1 °C	27.8 °C	-9.4 °C	1	0	2
May	20.6 °C	10.3 °C	15.7 °C	31.6 °C	1.0 °C	5	0	0
June	24.3 °C	14.2 °C	19.6 °C	35.1 °C	4.8 °C	14	3	0
July	26.5 °C	16.3 °C	21.7 °C	37.5 °C	8.7 °C	19	7	0
August	27.0 °C	16.6 °C	21.9 °C	38.2 °C	6.3 °C	20	8	0
September	21.9 °C	12.3 °C	17.0 °C	35.5 °C	2.5 °C	8	1	0
October	17.3 °C	7.8 °C	12.3 °C	29.1 °C	-5.7 °C	1	0	1
November	11.5 °C	3.0 °C	7.1 °C	26.0 °C	-17.9 °C	0	0	7
December	6.0 °C	-1.5 °C	2.1 °C	17.2 °C	-20.6 °C	0	0	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	74 mm	12	9.2 h/day	68 %	83 %	10 km/h
February	80 mm	12	10 h/day	66 %	80 %	11 km/h
March	87 mm	12	12 h/day	63 %	76 %	13 km/h
April	103 mm	14	13 h/day	61 %	74 %	12 km/h
May	115 mm	15	15 h/day	60 %	76 %	11 km/h
June	109 mm	14	15 h/day	53 %	76 %	10.0 km/h
July	101 mm	12	15 h/day	43 %	73 %	9.9 km/h
August	77 mm	11	14 h/day	42 %	72 %	9.6 km/h
September	93 mm	11	13 h/day	54 %	77 %	10 km/h
October	81 mm	10	11 h/day	59 %	80 %	10 km/h
November	90 mm	11	9.6 h/day	66 %	84 %	10 km/h
December	91 mm	13	8.9 h/day	68 %	84 %	10 km/h

How Zenica 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
Zenica	27 °C	-2.9 °C	1,101 mm	69
Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina	26 °C	-3.9 °C	1,117 mm	54
Banja Luka · Bosnia and Herzegovina	27 °C	-3.0 °C	1,006 mm	76
Belgrade · Serbia	29 °C	-2.3 °C	669 mm	90
Podgorica · Montenegro	30 °C	0.2 °C	1,901 mm	98

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zenica’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zenica?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zenica get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 19 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 76 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zenica?

May, averaging 115 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 74 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,101 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 Zenica 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: 44.202°, 17.904° (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.