Podgorica climate

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Podgorica is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.2 °C. November is the wettest month (286 mm) and July the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Podgorica averages 1,901 mm of rain, 98 days above 25 °C and 42 days below freezing.

Montenegro · population 236,852 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 0.2 °C
Driest month July 40 mm
Wettest month November 286 mm
Least cloud August 25 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record January -16 °C

What to expectPodgorica through the year

Podgorica has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.6 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 98 days a year reach 25 °C, 42 of them reach 30 °C, 42 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 286 mm against 40 mm in July — 7.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.6 °C	178 mm	58 %
February	9.9 °C	191 mm	59 %
March	13.5 °C	181 mm	59 %
April	17.5 °C	156 mm	58 %
May	22.2 °C	120 mm	53 %
June	26.6 °C	64 mm	39 %
July	29.8 °C	40 mm	25 %
August	30.4 °C	40 mm	25 %
September	24.6 °C	168 mm	42 %
October	19.6 °C	212 mm	51 %
November	14.3 °C	286 mm	60 %
December	9.6 °C	265 mm	59 %

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	8.6 °C	0.2 °C	4.3 °C	17.9 °C	-15.9 °C	0	0	15
February	9.9 °C	1.1 °C	5.5 °C	22.8 °C	-13.1 °C	0	0	11
March	13.5 °C	4.4 °C	9.2 °C	25.3 °C	-8.0 °C	0	0	3
April	17.5 °C	8.6 °C	13.5 °C	29.4 °C	-1.6 °C	1	0	0
May	22.2 °C	13.3 °C	18.3 °C	30.8 °C	5.0 °C	7	0	0
June	26.6 °C	17.4 °C	22.6 °C	36.9 °C	8.1 °C	19	6	0
July	29.8 °C	19.8 °C	25.4 °C	38.9 °C	12.3 °C	28	15	0
August	30.4 °C	20.3 °C	25.8 °C	41.4 °C	10.5 °C	28	17	0
September	24.6 °C	15.7 °C	20.5 °C	35.5 °C	5.0 °C	13	3	0
October	19.6 °C	10.9 °C	15.4 °C	30.1 °C	-1.1 °C	2	0	0
November	14.3 °C	6.3 °C	10.4 °C	26.5 °C	-6.0 °C	0	0	2
December	9.6 °C	1.9 °C	5.6 °C	17.7 °C	-14.2 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	178 mm	12	9.4 h/day	58 %	73 %	9.4 km/h
February	191 mm	11	11 h/day	59 %	72 %	10 km/h
March	181 mm	12	12 h/day	59 %	71 %	10 km/h
April	156 mm	12	13 h/day	58 %	71 %	9.7 km/h
May	120 mm	12	15 h/day	53 %	70 %	9.2 km/h
June	64 mm	9	15 h/day	39 %	66 %	8.8 km/h
July	40 mm	6	15 h/day	25 %	59 %	9.0 km/h
August	40 mm	5	14 h/day	25 %	58 %	8.8 km/h
September	168 mm	9	13 h/day	42 %	67 %	9.1 km/h
October	212 mm	10	11 h/day	51 %	73 %	8.8 km/h
November	286 mm	12	9.8 h/day	60 %	77 %	9.4 km/h
December	265 mm	13	9.1 h/day	59 %	75 %	9.8 km/h

How Podgorica 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
Podgorica	30 °C	0.2 °C	1,901 mm	98
Prizren · Kosovo	29 °C	-1.7 °C	766 mm	89
Durrës · Albania	28 °C	6.5 °C	1,205 mm	84
Tirana · Albania	30 °C	2.3 °C	1,132 mm	109
Pristina · Kosovo	28 °C	-3.0 °C	623 mm	74
Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina	26 °C	-3.9 °C	1,117 mm	54

Where Podgorica ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in August	29th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	33rd of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	38th of 50	27 °C
The warmest places in Europe in May	43rd of 50	22 °C
The warmest places in Europe in September	43rd of 50	25 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in October	45th of 50	85/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Podgorica’s climate

When is the best time to visit Podgorica?

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

How hot does Podgorica get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 42 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 42 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Podgorica?

November, averaging 286 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,901 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 Podgorica 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: 42.441°, 19.263° (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.