Pristina weather by month & the best time to visit
🇽🇰 Kosovo · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Pristina is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with August and September close behind. Pristina averages about 2,232 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 49 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,232
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 779 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 550k
- Elevation
- 540 m
When is the best time to visit Pristina?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pristina is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 63 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pristina?
Pristina gets a moderate 2,232 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate July (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Kosovo. The year's 779 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 63 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 57 mm | 2 |
| March | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 66 mm | 3 |
| April | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| May | 77 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 80 mm | 6 |
| June | 79 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 68 mm | 7 |
| July | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 49 mm | 8 |
| August | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 48 mm | 7 |
| September | 80 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 62 mm | 5 |
| October | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 76 mm | 3 |
| November | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 76 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 69 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Skopje North Macedonia · 84 km · best in Sep · 2,397 h sun/yr
- Niš Serbia · 108 km · best in Sep · 2,119 h sun/yr
- Podgorica Montenegro · 148 km · best in Jun · 2,179 h sun/yr
- Ohrid North Macedonia · 157 km · best in Jul · 2,335 h sun/yr
- Tirana Albania · 169 km · best in Jun · 2,686 h sun/yr
- Tivat Montenegro · 191 km · best in Jul · 2,533 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kraljevo Serbia · 143 km · 2,074 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Pristina compares month by month: Pristina vs Skopje · Pristina vs Niš · Pristina vs Podgorica · Pristina vs Ohrid · all comparisons
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