Climate and average weather in Bijelo Polje

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

Best: mid June to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bijelo Polje typically varies from -6°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -14°C or above 30°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 Bijelo Polje for warm-weather activities is from mid June to late September.

Hottest
Aug
24°
Coldest
Jan
-6°
Wettest
Dec
99 mm
Driest
Aug
42 mm
Rain / yr
920 mm
135 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
623 m
43.0°N
Clearest
Aug
40% cloud

Bijelo Polje is city in Montenegro.

Density
17/km²
people per km²

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

Bijelo Polje 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 mid June to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bijelo Polje, 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 June 2 to September 18, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Bijelo Polje is August, with an average high of 24°C and low of 12°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 25 to March 9, with daily high temperatures below 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Bijelo Polje is January, with an average low of -6°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-6
Feb4-4
Mar7-2
Apr122
May176
Jun2110
Jul2412
Aug2412
Sep208
Oct154
Nov90
Dec3-4

How hot and cold Bijelo Polje 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 -9°C (around January 30), with roughly 166 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22-9-6
Feb44-8-4
Mar77-5-2
Apr121202
May171756
Jun2121910
Jul24241112
Aug24241212
Sep202078
Oct151534
Nov99-20
Dec33-7-4

Average hourly temperature in Bijelo Polje

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 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -6°C.

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

Bijelo Polje 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 / -6°7310.89.79.20.0
Feb / -5°8010.99.810.20.0
Mar / -2°9112.5911.61.0
Apr12° / 9014.33.713.12.9
May17° / 9114.50.614.44.9
Jun21° / 10°6312.4015.16.3
Jul24° / 12°5810.3014.87.2
Aug24° / 12°428.6013.87.5
Sep20° / 709.30.112.36.4
Oct15° / 729.11.110.84.5
Nov / 9410.84.59.51.6
Dec / -4°9911.88.98.90.0

Chance of rain

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

Bijelo Polje gets about 920 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 4.8 months, from around Feb 8 to Jul 2, peaking in April at about 50% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 21.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 99 mm over about 12 wet days; August is the driest, with 42 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 14 · 50%Aug 21 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3511
Feb3911
Mar4013
Apr4814
May4715
Jun4112
Jul3310
Aug289
Sep319
Oct309
Nov3511
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bijelo Polje collects about 920 mm of rain across 135 wet days — roughly 77 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 99 mm, while August is the driest at just 42 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec738091909163584270729499
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan731110
Feb801110
Mar91139
Apr90144
May91151
Jun63120
Jul58100
Aug4290
Sep7090
Oct7291
Nov94115
Dec99129

Snow in Bijelo Polje

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.

Bijelo Polje averages about 47 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 4 to May 27 — about 7.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 11 days of snow and an estimated 68 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 285 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 19
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1046
Feb1068
Mar950
Apr433
May13
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct19
Nov527
Dec950

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Bijelo Polje, 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 31 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around September 30. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 73% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 28 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 30. The cloudiest month is February, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 17 · 75%Feb 23 · 35%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3862
Feb3664
Mar4060
Apr4060
May4555
Jun6238
Jul7129
Aug7327
Sep5743
Oct5050
Nov4159
Dec3763

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 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:164:25
Feb10.26:485:03
Mar11.66:025:40
Apr13.15:066:16
May14.44:236:51
Jun15.14:067:16
Jul14.84:207:13
Aug13.84:526:38
Sep12.35:275:44
Oct10.86:024:50
Nov9.56:424:11
Dec8.97:124:02

Sunny days

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

Bijelo Polje averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Jun 9 to Sep 25. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

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

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 1517 daysMay 67 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan8Mixed
Feb7Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun11Mixed
Jul15Bright
Aug17Bright
Sep11Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov8Mixed
Dec8Mixed

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 Bijelo Polje, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 1% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9910
Jun83171
Jul69301
Aug75241
Sep9730
Oct10000
Nov10000
Dec10000

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 Bijelo Polje is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 8 · 7 km/hAug 6 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Bijelo Polje

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late June, Bijelo Polje 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 Bijelo Polje for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid June to late September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 20 · 7.7

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
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.0poor
Apr2.9poor
May4.9fair
Jun6.3good
Jul7.2good
Aug7.5good
Sep6.4good
Oct4.5fair
Nov1.6poor
Dec0.0poor

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 Bijelo Polje for hot-weather activities is from early July to late August, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 16 · 6.6

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 Bijelo Polje, 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 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Bijelo Polje sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bijelo Polje 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 Bijelo Polje peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 17UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Bijelo Polje

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 5.5 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
Mar5.50
Apr73.5
May7.54
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep5.50
Oct3.50
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Bijelo Polje typically lasts about 227 days, from around April 3 to November 15 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 27 to October 11.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 350%Apr 2790%Oct 1190%Nov 1550%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1631
Feb1928
Mar3231
Apr7126
May980
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct8521
Nov5030
Dec2331

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. Bijelo Polje banks about 813 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May49
Jun163
Jul235
Aug244
Sep112
Oct9
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.

Bijelo Polje receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.5 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.5 kWh/m² — roughly 76% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 236.3 kWhDec 191.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.8Dim
Feb2.6Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr5.0Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.1Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.1Bright
Oct2.9Moderate
Nov1.9Dim
Dec1.5Dim

Where is Bijelo Polje?

Bijelo Polje sits at 43.0°N, 19.7°E, 623 m above sea level, in Montenegro. The nearest listed city is Pljevlja, 47 km away.

PljevljaŽabljakPejëIstokDeçanNikšić

Topography around Bijelo Polje

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bijelo Polje has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m around an average of 705 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,592 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,594 m.

The land around Bijelo Polje is covered by trees (66%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (70%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
452 m
16 km
1,592 m
80 km
2,594 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Pljevlja 47 km · Žabljak 52 km · Pejë 61 km · Novi Pazar 63 km · Istok 67 km · Deçan 71 km · Nikšić 72 km · Zlatibor 77 km

Montenegro travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,817
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
86%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Orthodox 72%Muslim 19%Catholic 3%other 2%

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 Bijelo Polje (43.0383°, 19.7476°, elevation 623 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).