Zagreb weather by month & the best time to visit

🇭🇷 Croatia · city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Zagreb is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August and June close behind. Zagreb averages about 2,018 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 78 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,018

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

76/100

Rain / year

1,010 mm

Snow / year

≈1.4 m

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

723k

Elevation

106 m

When is the best time to visit Zagreb?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Zagreb is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 66 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Zagreb?

Zagreb gets a moderate 2,018 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate July (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 8 destinations in Croatia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,288 hours. The year's 1,010 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

See Zagreb on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Rijeka(Omišalj) Croatia · 131 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
• Banja Luka Bosnia & Herzegovina · 131 km · best in Jul · 1,935 h sun/yr
• Ljubljana Slovenia · 135 km · best in Jul · 1,951 h sun/yr
• Graz Austria · 147 km · best in May · 1,953 h sun/yr
• Zadar Croatia · 191 km · best in Jul · 2,156 h sun/yr
• Pula Croatia · 193 km · best in Jul · 2,419 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Maribor Slovenia · 87 km · 1,951 h sun/yr · best in May
• Sármellék Hungary · 134 km · 2,027 h sun/yr · best in Aug

Head-to-head

How Zagreb compares month by month: Zagreb vs Ljubljana · Zagreb vs Graz · Zagreb vs Banja Luka · Zagreb vs Rijeka(Omišalj) · all comparisons