Niš climate

Name: Niš
Address: RS

Niš is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.6 °C. May is the wettest month (63 mm) and August the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Niš averages 574 mm of rain, 95 days above 25 °C and 83 days below freezing.

Serbia · population 250,000 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -3.6 °C
Driest month August 34 mm
Wettest month May 63 mm
Least cloud August 32 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record February -23 °C

What to expectNiš through the year

Niš has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.7 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C, 83 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 34 mm in August to 63 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.7 °C	43 mm	64 %
February	7.3 °C	41 mm	62 %
March	12.1 °C	57 mm	58 %
April	17.5 °C	61 mm	56 %
May	22.2 °C	63 mm	55 %
June	26.3 °C	57 mm	46 %
July	28.7 °C	42 mm	35 %
August	29.3 °C	34 mm	32 %
September	23.9 °C	36 mm	45 %
October	18.1 °C	44 mm	53 %
November	11.8 °C	45 mm	61 %
December	5.7 °C	51 mm	66 %

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	4.7 °C	-3.6 °C	0.2 °C	17.0 °C	-22.8 °C	0	0	25
February	7.3 °C	-2.2 °C	2.3 °C	22.3 °C	-23.2 °C	0	0	19
March	12.1 °C	1.6 °C	6.7 °C	24.1 °C	-16.9 °C	0	0	10
April	17.5 °C	6.2 °C	12.0 °C	30.1 °C	-4.1 °C	1	0	1
May	22.2 °C	11.4 °C	17.1 °C	35.0 °C	3.4 °C	9	1	0
June	26.3 °C	15.7 °C	21.3 °C	38.7 °C	6.8 °C	18	7	0
July	28.7 °C	17.8 °C	23.5 °C	41.8 °C	10.9 °C	24	12	0
August	29.3 °C	17.9 °C	23.7 °C	39.4 °C	8.2 °C	26	14	0
September	23.9 °C	13.2 °C	18.5 °C	35.9 °C	1.6 °C	14	3	0
October	18.1 °C	7.8 °C	12.7 °C	32.9 °C	-3.5 °C	3	0	1
November	11.8 °C	2.7 °C	6.8 °C	25.7 °C	-10.2 °C	0	0	7
December	5.7 °C	-1.6 °C	1.7 °C	17.3 °C	-20.3 °C	0	0	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	43 mm	9	9.3 h/day	64 %	80 %	10 km/h
February	41 mm	8	10 h/day	62 %	76 %	12 km/h
March	57 mm	10	12 h/day	58 %	71 %	13 km/h
April	61 mm	10	13 h/day	56 %	68 %	12 km/h
May	63 mm	11	15 h/day	55 %	68 %	12 km/h
June	57 mm	9	15 h/day	46 %	66 %	11 km/h
July	42 mm	8	15 h/day	35 %	60 %	11 km/h
August	34 mm	6	14 h/day	32 %	59 %	11 km/h
September	36 mm	6	13 h/day	45 %	65 %	11 km/h
October	44 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	74 %	10 km/h
November	45 mm	7	9.7 h/day	61 %	80 %	10 km/h
December	51 mm	9	9.0 h/day	66 %	81 %	10 km/h

How Niš 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
Niš	29 °C	-3.6 °C	574 mm	95
Pristina · Kosovo	28 °C	-3.0 °C	623 mm	74
Sofia · Bulgaria	27 °C	-4.4 °C	585 mm	63
Skopje · North Macedonia	31 °C	-2.0 °C	531 mm	113
Prizren · Kosovo	29 °C	-1.7 °C	766 mm	89

Where Niš ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	10thof 50	95/100
The driest places in Europe in September	36thof 50	36 mm
The warmest places in Europe in May	41stof 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in the world in September	43rdof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Europe in August	43rdof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	44thof 50	26 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Niš’s climate

When is the best time to visit Niš?

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

How hot does Niš get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 36 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -3.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 83 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Niš?

May, averaging 63 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 574 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 Niš 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
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.