Climate
The climate of Zagreb is classified as an oceanic climate (Cfb in Köppen climate classification system), near the boundary of the humid continental climate. Zagreb has four separate seasons. Summers are warm, and winters are cold, without a discernible dry season. The average temperature in winter is −0.5 °C (31.1 °F) and the average temperature in summer is 22.0 °C (71.6 °F). Temperatures rise above 30 °C (86 °F) on an average 17 days each summer.
Snowfall is common in the winter months, from December to March, and rain and fog are common in fall (October to December). Highest recorded temperature ever was 40.4 °C (104.7 °F) in July 1950, and lowest was −27.3 °C (−17.1 °F) in February 1956.
| Climate data for Zagreb | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
22 (72) |
26 (79) |
29.4 (84.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
40.4 (104.7) |
39.8 (103.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
40.4 (104.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.1 (31.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
10.70 (51.26) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4 (24.8) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.3 (−11.7) |
−27.3 (−17.1) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 48.6 (1.913) |
41.9 (1.65) |
51.6 (2.031) |
61.5 (2.421) |
78.8 (3.102) |
99.3 (3.909) |
81.0 (3.189) |
90.5 (3.563) |
82.7 (3.256) |
71.6 (2.819) |
84.8 (3.339) |
63.8 (2.512) |
856.1 (33.705) |
| Avg. rainy days | 10.8 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 137.1 |
| Avg. snowy days | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 59.4 | 95.7 | 140.1 | 175.4 | 234.0 | 243.7 | 281.0 | 256.0 | 186.7 | 130.8 | 65.6 | 44.9 | 1,913.3 |
| Source #1: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service | |||||||||||||
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