Climate and average weather in Bjelovar

In Bjelovar, 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 Bjelovar typically varies from -2°C to 28°C, and is rarely below -10°C or above 33°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 Bjelovar for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid October.

Hottest
Jul
28°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
Sep
91 mm
Driest
Jan
45 mm
Rain / yr
831 mm
116 wet days
Daylight
8.5–15.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
113 m
45.9°N
Clearest
Aug
46% cloud

Bjelovar is city and settlement in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

Density
130/km²
people per km²
Founded
1756

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

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

The hot season lasts 3.8 months, from May 22 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Bjelovar is July, with an average high of 28°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 20 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Bjelovar is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan4-2
Feb7-1
Mar123
Apr177
May2211
Jun2615
Jul2817
Aug2716
Sep2212
Oct178
Nov104
Dec5-1

How hot and cold Bjelovar 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 31), with roughly 117 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)
Jan44-5-2
Feb77-5-1
Mar121203
Apr171757
May22221111
Jun26261515
Jul28281717
Aug27271616
Sep22221212
Oct161768
Nov101014
Dec55-4-1

Average hourly temperature in Bjelovar

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 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

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

Bjelovar 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°457.53.68.90.0
Feb / -1°508.33.5100.8
Mar12° / 579.21.711.63.2
Apr17° / 5910.10.313.35.3
May22° / 11°7912.1014.76.3
Jun26° / 15°8711.7015.56.5
Jul28° / 17°8010.7015.26.4
Aug27° / 16°789.30146.7
Sep22° / 12°9110.3012.36.6
Oct17° / 718.40.110.75.4
Nov10° / 719.11.59.32.3
Dec / -1°649.13.18.50.1

Chance of rain

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

Bjelovar gets about 831 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 4.1 months, from around Apr 1 to Aug 4, peaking in June at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 15.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 91 mm over about 10 wet days; January is the driest, with 45 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 2 · 41%Jan 15 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan248
Feb308
Mar299
Apr3510
May3912
Jun3812
Jul3411
Aug319
Sep3410
Oct278
Nov309
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bjelovar collects about 831 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 69 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 91 mm, while January is the driest at just 45 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec455057597987807891717164
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4584
Feb5084
Mar5792
Apr59100
May79120
Jun87120
Jul80110
Aug7890
Sep91100
Oct7180
Nov7192
Dec6493

Snow in Bjelovar

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.

Bjelovar averages about 14 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 3 to Apr 5 — about 5.1 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 15 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 73 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 27
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan415
Feb419
Mar28
Apr03
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov213
Dec316

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Bjelovar, 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 April 24 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around October 22. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 65% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 23 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around April 23. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% 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 10 · 67%Dec 3 · 26%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3466
Feb3763
Mar4159
Apr4456
May5050
Jun5644
Jul6535
Aug6535
Sep5347
Oct4852
Nov3268
Dec3169

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 11, brings about 15 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 7 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.97:374:27
Feb10.07:055:09
Mar11.66:145:50
Apr13.35:146:32
May14.74:277:11
Jun15.54:077:38
Jul15.24:227:34
Aug14.04:586:56
Sep12.35:375:56
Oct10.76:174:58
Nov9.37:024:14
Dec8.57:344:03

Sunny days

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

Bjelovar averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.2 months, from around Apr 18 to Oct 23. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 6 sunny days — about 60% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 1315 daysDec 35 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb7Gloomy
Mar8Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul13Mixed
Aug14Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov6Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

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 Bjelovar, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around May 28 to September 13. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 46% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 14 to May 27, 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 14 · 100%Aug 2 · 43%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr991000
May7917400
Jun36342640
Jul203435101
Aug19353690
Sep57311210
Oct8811100
Nov991000
Dec1000000

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bjelovar is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.4 months, from around Dec 12 to May 25. The windiest month is March, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 26 to Oct 29, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeMar 7 · 11 km/hAug 17 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov9calm
Dec9calm

Best time to visit Bjelovar

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late April, Bjelovar 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 Bjelovar 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 27 · 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
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.8poor
Mar3.2poor
Apr5.3fair
May6.3good
Jun6.5good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.6good
Sep6.6good
Oct5.4fair
Nov2.3poor
Dec0.1poor

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 10 · 7.2

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 Bjelovar, 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 28°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Bjelovar sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bjelovar 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 Bjelovar peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Bjelovar

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
Apr6.52.5
May7.52.5
Jun84
Jul8.55
Aug7.53.5
Sep50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Bjelovar 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 Bjelovar is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2317 µg/m³Sep 1912 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Bjelovar typically lasts about 287 days, from around February 24 to December 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 1 to November 5.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2450%Apr 190%Nov 590%Dec 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3531
Feb4228
Mar7431
Apr970
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct963
Nov7930
Dec4431

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. Bjelovar banks about 1,593 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
Apr63
May204
Jun310
Jul375
Aug363
Sep213
Oct66
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.

Bjelovar receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.1 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 18. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

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

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 36.1 kWhDec 171.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.3Dim
Feb2.2Moderate
Mar3.5Moderate
Apr4.8Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun6.0Bright
Jul6.0Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep3.7Moderate
Oct2.5Moderate
Nov1.4Dim
Dec1.1Dim

Where is Bjelovar?

Bjelovar sits at 45.9°N, 16.9°E, 113 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Koprivnica, 30 km away.

KoprivnicaSesveteVaraždinSisakNagykanizsaČakovecVelika GoricaZagreb

Topography around Bjelovar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bjelovar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 132 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 957 m.

The land around Bjelovar is covered by cropland (30%), trees (25%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
194 m
80 km
957 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Koprivnica 30 km · Sesvete 57 km · Varaždin 60 km · Sisak 60 km · Nagykanizsa 63 km · Čakovec 63 km · Velika Gorica 64 km · Zagreb 68 km

Croatia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 53% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$27,104
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
87%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 617
Religion
Roman Catholic 79%other Christian 5%none or atheist 5%Orthodox 3%

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 Bjelovar (45.8979°, 16.8507°, elevation 113 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).