Podgorica weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇪 Montenegro · regional city · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Podgorica is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with May and July close behind. Podgorica averages about 2,179 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 70 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

2,179

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

79/100

Rain / year

1,419 mm

Snow / year

≈41 cm

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

237k

Elevation

30 m

When is the best time to visit Podgorica?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Podgorica is June, then May and July. The dullest month is January (5/100, 154 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Podgorica?

Podgorica gets a moderate 2,179 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate June (79) from January (5), so the month you pick matters. It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Montenegro. The year's 1,419 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

See Podgorica on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Tivat Montenegro · 44 km · best in Jul · 2,533 h sun/yr
• Dubrovnik Croatia · 84 km · best in Jul · 2,534 h sun/yr
• Tirana Albania · 112 km · best in Jun · 2,686 h sun/yr
• Pristina Kosovo · 148 km · best in Jul · 2,232 h sun/yr
• Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzegovina · 179 km · best in Jul · 2,082 h sun/yr
• Ohrid North Macedonia · 180 km · best in Jul · 2,335 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Mostar Bosnia & Herzegovina · 154 km · 2,221 h sun/yr · best in Jul

Head-to-head

How Podgorica compares month by month: Podgorica vs Tirana · Podgorica vs Pristina · Podgorica vs Dubrovnik · Podgorica vs Tivat · all comparisons