Ulcinj climate by month
What the weather is like
Ulcinj has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1,329 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (169 mm, 14 wet days) and July the driest (30 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in July to 40% in December.
The sea reaches about 25° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Podgorica, the capital, Ulcinj is 3.3° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 4° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 8% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 25° · August
- Longest day
- 15 h 13 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 09 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 12° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 13° |
| Average low | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 131 mm | 132 mm | 117 mm | 114 mm | 71 mm | 56 mm | 30 mm | 48 mm | 126 mm | 156 mm | 179 mm | 169 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.8 | 8.5 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 14.2 |
| Cloud cover | 37% | 35% | 36% | 34% | 27% | 17% | 8% | 9% | 20% | 30% | 37% | 40% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 14° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 27 | 10h 36 | 11h 53 | 13h 20 | 14h 33 | 15h 13 | 14h 57 | 13h 54 | 12h 31 | 11h 08 | 9h 51 | 9h 09 |
| Month score | 33 | 52 | 56 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 56 | 69 | 74 | 65 | 37 |