Climate and average weather in Gračanica

In Gračanica, the summers are warm, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Gračanica typically varies from -2°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -10°C or above 34°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Gračanica for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
May
102 mm
Driest
Feb
62 mm
Rain / yr
922 mm
131 wet days
Daylight
8.6–15.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
188 m
44.7°N
Clearest
Aug
41% cloud

Gračanica is populated place in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Density
73/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Gračanica weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Gračanica, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 22 to September 18, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Gračanica is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 16°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from November 23 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Gračanica is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 5°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan5-2
Feb7-1
Mar122
Apr176
May2211
Jun2514
Jul2716
Aug2716
Sep2312
Oct177
Nov113
Dec5-1

How hot and cold Gračanica really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -6°C (around January 30), with roughly 114 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan55-5-2
Feb77-4-1
Mar121202
Apr171756
May22221111
Jun25251414
Jul28271616
Aug28271616
Sep23231212
Oct171767
Nov111113
Dec55-4-1

Average hourly temperature in Gračanica

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Gračanica weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°6210.66.590.0
Feb / -2°6210.25.510.10.9
Mar12° / 7311.63.211.63.2
Apr17° / 8412.80.913.25.1
May22° / 11°10213.8014.66.0
Jun25° / 14°9912.6015.36.5
Jul27° / 16°8710.80156.6
Aug27° / 16°659.1013.96.8
Sep23° / 12°8110.3012.36.8
Oct17° / 658.70.210.75.7
Nov11° / 709.92.59.42.8
Dec / -1°72115.38.70.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Gračanica gets about 922 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.7 months, from around Mar 16 to Jul 7, peaking in May at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 29.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 102 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 62 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 29 · 47%Oct 29 · 27%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3411
Feb3710
Mar3712
Apr4313
May4514
Jun4113
Jul3511
Aug309
Sep3310
Oct299
Nov3210
Dec3611

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Gračanica collects about 922 mm of rain across 131 wet days — roughly 77 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 102 mm, while February is the driest at just 62 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6262738410299876581657072
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan62117
Feb62106
Mar73123
Apr84131
May102140
Jun99130
Jul87110
Aug6590
Sep81100
Oct6590
Nov70103
Dec72115

Snow in Gračanica

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Gračanica averages about 24 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 31 to Apr 28 — about 5.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 29 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 141 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 25
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan729
Feb633
Mar314
Apr17
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov322
Dec535

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Gračanica, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 30 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 24. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 25 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around May 2. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 64% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 15 · 72%Jan 23 · 34%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3664
Feb3664
Mar4456
Apr4555
May4951
Jun5842
Jul7030
Aug7030
Sep5545
Oct5050
Nov4060
Dec3664

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 15 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 8 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.07:274:25
Feb10.16:575:06
Mar11.66:085:45
Apr13.25:106:24
May14.64:257:01
Jun15.34:067:28
Jul15.04:207:24
Aug13.94:546:47
Sep12.35:325:50
Oct10.76:104:54
Nov9.46:524:12
Dec8.77:244:02

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Gračanica averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around Jun 9 to Oct 27. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is December, down near 7 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 1217 daysDec 66 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb7Gloomy
Mar8Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun11Mixed
Jul16Bright
Aug16Bright
Sep11Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov8Mixed
Dec7Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Gračanica, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around May 27 to September 13. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 52% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 14 to May 26, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 13 · 100%Aug 1 · 34%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr98200
May712360
Jun2834309
Jul14293917
Aug15333714
Sep5433131
Oct901010
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Gračanica is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 16 · 8 km/hAug 16 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8calm
Apr7calm
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Gračanica

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Gračanica throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early May, Gračanica is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Gračanica for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 28 · 7.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.9poor
Mar3.2poor
Apr5.0fair
May6.0good
Jun6.5good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.8good
Sep6.8good
Oct5.7good
Nov2.8poor
Dec0.3poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Gračanica for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 15 · 7.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Gračanica, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Gračanica sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Gračanica by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gračanica peaks around July 24 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 24UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Gračanica

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar4.50
Apr73
May7.53
Jun84.5
Jul84.5
Aug7.54
Sep5.50
Oct1.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Gračanica by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Gračanica is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Dec 159 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Gračanica typically lasts about 281 days, from around February 28 to December 5 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 4 to October 29.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2850%Apr 490%Oct 2990%Dec 550%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3031
Feb3828
Mar7131
Apr964
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct965
Nov7730
Dec4131

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Gračanica banks about 1,543 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr54
May192
Jun294
Jul360
Aug357
Sep213
Oct71
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Gračanica receives about 3.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.2 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.2 kWh/m² — roughly 79% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 66.1 kWhDec 181.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.5Dim
Feb2.3Moderate
Mar3.5Moderate
Apr4.8Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul6.0Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct2.7Moderate
Nov1.6Dim
Dec1.2Dim

Where is Gračanica?

Gračanica sits at 44.7°N, 18.3°E, 188 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Doboj, 18 km away.

DobojGradačacLukavacTuzlaTeslicBrčkoSlavonski BrodZenica

Topography around Gračanica

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Gračanica.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gračanica has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 766 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,852 m.

The land around Gračanica is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
301 m
16 km
766 m
80 km
1,852 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Doboj 18 km · Gradačac 22 km · Lukavac 25 km · Tuzla 34 km · Teslic 37 km · Brčko 44 km · Slavonski Brod 56 km · Zenica 64 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 40% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,382
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
86%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
13.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 591
Religion
Muslim 51%Orthodox 31%Roman Catholic 15%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Gračanica (44.7031°, 18.3101°, elevation 188 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).