Climate and average weather in Velika Kladuša

In Velika Kladuša, the summers are hot, 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 Velika Kladuša typically varies from -2°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -10°C or above 35°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Jul
29°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
May
108 mm
Driest
Jan
66 mm
Rain / yr
991 mm
122 wet days
Daylight
8.6–15.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
160 m
45.2°N
Clearest
Aug
43% cloud

Velika Kladuša is town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Density
284/km²
people per km²

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

Velika Kladuša 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 Velika Kladuša, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from May 27 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Velika Kladuša is July, with an average high of 29°C and low of 16°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 20 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 10°C. The coldest month of the year in Velika Kladuša 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 July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan5-2
Feb8-1
Mar132
Apr186
May2211
Jun2614
Jul2916
Aug2816
Sep2312
Oct178
Nov114
Dec6-1

How hot and cold Velika Kladuša 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 -5°C (around January 29), with roughly 109 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan55-4-2
Feb88-4-1
Mar131302
Apr171856
May22221011
Jun26261414
Jul28291616
Aug28281616
Sep23231212
Oct171778
Nov111124
Dec66-3-1

Average hourly temperature in Velika Kladuša

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 July afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

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

Velika Kladuša 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°669.15.690.2
Feb / -1°719.45.110.11.2
Mar13° / 6910.32.911.63.6
Apr18° / 8611.50.613.25.3
May22° / 11°10812.8014.66.3
Jun26° / 14°8210.6015.46.7
Jul29° / 16°729.2015.16.1
Aug28° / 16°748.6013.96.3
Sep23° / 12°10110.1012.36.8
Oct17° / 859.10.210.75.6
Nov11° / 9610.62.49.32.7
Dec / -1°8310.84.88.60.4

Chance of rain

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

Velika Kladuša gets about 991 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 2.7 months, from around Mar 26 to Jun 16, peaking in May at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 15.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 108 mm over about 13 wet days; January is the driest, with 66 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 30 · 42%Aug 15 · 27%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan309
Feb349
Mar3210
Apr3912
May4113
Jun3511
Jul309
Aug299
Sep3310
Oct309
Nov3511
Dec3411

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Velika Kladuša collects about 991 mm of rain across 122 wet days — roughly 83 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 108 mm, while January is the driest at just 66 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec66716986108827274101859683
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan6696
Feb7195
Mar69103
Apr86121
May108130
Jun82110
Jul7290
Aug7490
Sep101100
Oct8590
Nov96112
Dec83115

Snow in Velika Kladuša

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.

Velika Kladuša averages about 22 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 31 to Apr 23 — about 5.8 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 5 days of snow and an estimated 33 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 136 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 28
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan633
Feb533
Mar313
Apr16
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov221
Dec529

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Velika Kladuša, 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 8 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around October 6. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 69% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around May 7. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 66% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 11 · 70%Dec 1 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3664
Feb3862
Mar4456
Apr4555
May5050
Jun5941
Jul6931
Aug6733
Sep5545
Oct4753
Nov3664
Dec3466

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 10, brings about 15 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, 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)
Jan9.07:384:34
Feb10.17:085:15
Mar11.66:185:55
Apr13.25:196:35
May14.64:337:13
Jun15.44:147:40
Jul15.14:297:36
Aug13.95:036:58
Sep12.35:426:00
Oct10.76:215:03
Nov9.37:044:21
Dec8.67:364:10

Sunny days

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

Velika Kladuša 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 4.3 months, from around Jun 1 to Oct 9. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is December, down near 7 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 1017 daysDec 16 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan8Gloomy
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul16Bright
Aug16Bright
Sep11Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
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 Velika Kladuša, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.7 months, from around May 26 to September 16. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 49% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 17 to May 25, 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 11 · 100%Aug 2 · 38%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr98200
May722260
Jun3034288
Jul18323714
Aug15363811
Sep5134151
Oct851320
Nov98200
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 Velika Kladuša is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 21 · 8 km/hAug 15 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Velika Kladuša

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late April, Velika Kladuša 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 Velika Kladuša for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to mid October, with a peak score in the first week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 4 · 6.9

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
Jan0.2poor
Feb1.2poor
Mar3.6fair
Apr5.3fair
May6.3good
Jun6.7good
Jul6.2good
Aug6.3good
Sep6.7good
Oct5.6good
Nov2.7poor
Dec0.4poor

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 Velika Kladuša for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 11 · 7.5

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 Velika Kladuša, 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 July (highs near 29°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 July, Velika Kladuša sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Velika Kladuša 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 Velika Kladuša peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Velika Kladuša

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 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 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
May72.5
Jun8.54.5
Jul8.55
Aug7.54
Sep5.50
Oct0.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Velika Kladuša 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 Velika Kladuša is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2117 µg/m³Sep 2011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Velika Kladuša typically lasts about 285 days, from around February 27 to December 8 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 3 to November 7.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2750%Apr 390%Nov 790%Dec 850%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3731
Feb4028
Mar7231
Apr962
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8025
Dec4531

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. Velika Kladuša banks about 1,607 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
Apr57
May194
Jun305
Jul383
Aug374
Sep219
Oct75
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.

Velika Kladuša receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.1 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 17. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.1 kWh/m² — roughly 82% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 46.2 kWhDec 151.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.3Dim
Feb2.2Moderate
Mar3.5Moderate
Apr4.7Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.1Intense
Aug5.3Bright
Sep3.7Moderate
Oct2.4Moderate
Nov1.4Dim
Dec1.1Dim

Where is Velika Kladuša?

Velika Kladuša sits at 45.2°N, 15.8°E, 160 m above sea level, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearest listed city is Cazin, 27 km away.

CazinBihaćBosanska Krupa

Topography around Velika Kladuša

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Velika Kladuša has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 175 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 402 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,670 m.

The land around Velika Kladuša is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
162 m
16 km
402 m
80 km
1,670 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Cazin 27 km · Karlovac 40 km · Bihać 41 km · Bosanska Krupa 43 km · Sisak 55 km · Velika Gorica 62 km · Samobor 69 km · Centar 71 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 Velika Kladuša (45.185°, 15.8058°, elevation 160 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).