Climate and average weather in Gjorče Petro

In Gjorče Petro, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Gjorče Petro typically varies from -4°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -12°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 Gjorče Petro for warm-weather activities is from early May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
-4°
Wettest
Apr
70 mm
Driest
Aug
31 mm
Rain / yr
637 mm
105 wet days
Daylight
8.9–15.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
263 m
42.0°N
Clearest
Aug
33% cloud

Gjorče Petro 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 early May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Gjorče Petro, 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 1 to September 18, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Gjorče Petro is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from November 23 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Gjorče Petro is January, with an average low of -4°C and high of 5°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan5-4
Feb7-2
Mar121
Apr165
May219
Jun2613
Jul2815
Aug2915
Sep2411
Oct186
Nov112
Dec6-2

How hot and cold Gjorče Petro 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 3), with roughly 127 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)
Jan55-6-4
Feb77-5-2
Mar1212-11
Apr161645
May212199
Jun26261313
Jul28281515
Aug29291515
Sep24241111
Oct181866
Nov111102
Dec56-4-2

Average hourly temperature in Gjorče Petro

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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -4°C.

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

Gjorče Petro 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 / -4°518.95.79.30.0
Feb / -2°518.65.110.31.0
Mar12° / 6510.23.711.73.0
Apr16° / 7011.5113.14.9
May21° / 6611.8014.36.3
Jun26° / 13°519.40157.0
Jul28° / 15°356.8014.76.6
Aug29° / 15°315.7013.76.6
Sep24° / 11°436.7012.37.5
Oct18° / 537.20.410.96.0
Nov11° / 568.62.49.62.8
Dec / -2°669.65.190.3

Chance of rain

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

Gjorče Petro gets about 637 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around Jan 21 to Jun 21, peaking in April at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 19.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 70 mm over about 12 wet days; August is the driest, with 31 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 12 · 41%Aug 19 · 17%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb319
Mar3310
Apr3912
May3712
Jun319
Jul217
Aug196
Sep227
Oct237
Nov299
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Gjorče Petro collects about 637 mm of rain across 105 wet days — roughly 53 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 70 mm, while August is the driest at just 31 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec515165706651353143535666
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5196
Feb5195
Mar65104
Apr70121
May66120
Jun5190
Jul3570
Aug3160
Sep4370
Oct5370
Nov5692
Dec66105

Snow in Gjorče Petro

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.

Gjorče Petro averages about 23 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 21 to Apr 22 — about 6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 28 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 147 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan628
Feb534
Mar424
Apr19
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct02
Nov220
Dec531

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Gjorče Petro, 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 4.2 months, ending around October 4. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 5 and lasts for 7.8 months, ending around May 29. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 58% 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 16 · 84%Feb 19 · 40%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4753
Feb4258
Mar4555
Apr4654
May5050
Jun6733
Jul8119
Aug8218
Sep6436
Oct5446
Nov4555
Dec4258

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 18, brings about 15 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 17, only 8 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.37:064:22
Feb10.36:404:58
Mar11.75:555:34
Apr13.15:016:09
May14.34:206:42
Jun15.04:047:06
Jul14.74:177:04
Aug13.74:476:30
Sep12.35:215:37
Oct10.95:544:45
Nov9.66:324:07
Dec9.07:023:59

Sunny days

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

Gjorče Petro averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around Jun 9 to Oct 27. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is February, down near 9 sunny days — about 53% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1619 daysFeb 218 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr8Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun13Mixed
Jul18Bright
Aug19Bright
Sep13Mixed
Oct12Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec9Mixed

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 Gjorče Petro, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 6% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 20 · 100%Aug 5 · 90%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9550
Jun68293
Jul61337
Aug63316
Sep86140
Oct9820
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 Gjorče Petro is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 9 · 6 km/hSep 27 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar6calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Gjorče Petro

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, Gjorče Petro 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 Gjorče Petro for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 13 · 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
Feb1.0poor
Mar3.0poor
Apr4.9fair
May6.3good
Jun7.0good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.7good
Sep7.5good
Oct6.0good
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 Gjorče Petro for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 16 · 8.2

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 Gjorče Petro, 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 29°C), the essentials are light clothes 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, Gjorče Petro sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Gjorče Petro 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 Gjorče Petro peaks around July 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Gjorče Petro

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
Mar50
Apr73.5
May7.54
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.55
Sep61
Oct3.50
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Gjorče Petro typically lasts about 264 days, from around March 10 to November 28 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 14 to October 22.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1050%Apr 1490%Oct 2290%Nov 2850%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2131
Feb2828
Mar5831
Apr9115
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct9410
Nov6530
Dec3131

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. Gjorče Petro banks about 1,450 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr25
May157
Jun273
Jul357
Aug359
Sep216
Oct63
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.

Gjorče Petro receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.5 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.6 kWh/m² — roughly 76% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 266.6 kWhDec 161.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.7Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr5.1Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.6Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug5.9Bright
Sep4.4Bright
Oct3.0Moderate
Nov2.0Dim
Dec1.5Dim

Where is Gjorče Petro?

Gjorče Petro sits at 42.0°N, 21.4°E, 263 m above sea level, in North Macedonia. The nearest listed city is Saraj, 2.0 km away.

Kisela VodaStudeničaniIlinden

Topography around Gjorče Petro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gjorče Petro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,140 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,586 m.

The land around Gjorče Petro is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
301 m
16 km
1,140 m
80 km
2,586 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Saraj 2.0 km · Skopje 7.0 km · Šuto Orizare 7.0 km · Čair 7.0 km · Butel 8.0 km · Kisela Voda 14 km · Studeničani 18 km · Ilinden 19 km

North Macedonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,490
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
81%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 595
Religion
Orthodox 46%Islam 32%Christian 13%Other 7%

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 Gjorče Petro (42.0078°, 21.3531°, elevation 263 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).