Skopje weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇰 North Macedonia · city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Skopje is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with October and June close behind. Skopje averages about 2,397 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 51 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

2,397

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

84/100

Rain / year

635 mm

Snow / year

≈77 cm

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

494k

Elevation

235 m

When is the best time to visit Skopje?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Skopje is September, then October and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Skopje?

Skopje gets a moderate 2,397 hours of sunshine a year. 84 Sunshine Score points separate September (84) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It is the sunnier of the two destinations tracked in North Macedonia. The year's 635 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Pristina Kosovo · 84 km · best in Jul · 2,232 h sun/yr
• Ohrid North Macedonia · 113 km · best in Jul · 2,335 h sun/yr
• Niš Serbia · 154 km · best in Sep · 2,119 h sun/yr
• Sofia Bulgaria · 169 km · best in Aug · 2,157 h sun/yr
• Tirana Albania · 169 km · best in Jun · 2,686 h sun/yr
• Thessaloniki Greece · 196 km · best in Jun · 2,531 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kastoria Greece · 170 km · 2,479 h sun/yr · best in Jul

Head-to-head

How Skopje compares month by month: Skopje vs Sofia · Skopje vs Pristina · Skopje vs Thessaloniki · Skopje vs Niš · all comparisons