Climate guideThirty-year normals for Nitra
Nitra climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation575 mm118 wet days a year
48.31° N, 18.08° EElevation 144 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goNitra · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low16° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Nitra has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 575 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (59 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (39 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in August to 51% in November.
Compared with Bratislava, the capital, Nitra is 0.3° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -3° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 28% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 22 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 6° | 11° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 22° | 16° | 9° | 4° |
| Average low | -3° | -2° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 11° | 6° | 2° | -2° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 32 mm | 35 mm | 39 mm | 66 mm | 62 mm | 59 mm | 54 mm | 52 mm | 42 mm | 50 mm | 48 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.8 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 7 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
| Cloud cover | 49% | 45% | 44% | 36% | 34% | 33% | 29% | 28% | 33% | 38% | 51% | 51% |
| Daylight | 8h 46 | 10h 13 | 11h 50 | 13h 39 | 15h 11 | 16h 04 | 15h 43 | 14h 22 | 12h 38 | 10h 54 | 9h 16 | 8h 22 |
| Month score | 27 | 30 | 39 | 79 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 61 | 79 | 66 | 29 | 27 |
ivMonth by month
Nitra in every month
January27
3° / -3°
36 mm · 9.8 wet days
February30
6° / -2°
32 mm · 9.2 wet days
March39
11° / 1°
35 mm · 8.1 wet days
April79
18° / 5°
39 mm · 7 wet days
May69
22° / 10°
66 mm · 12.3 wet days
June67
26° / 13°
62 mm · 12.2 wet days
July57
28° / 15°
59 mm · 12.7 wet days
August61
28° / 15°
54 mm · 11.3 wet days
September79
22° / 11°
52 mm · 8.4 wet days
October66
16° / 6°
42 mm · 8.3 wet days
November29
9° / 2°
50 mm · 8.7 wet days
December27
4° / -2°
48 mm · 9.6 wet days