Climate averages 1991–2020
Zenica weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Zenica: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilidža (52 km away). In January its highs average 4.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Zenica, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zenica ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 5.5°C; Zenica is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Zenica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 76 | 11.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 81 | 12.1 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 89 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 106 | 14.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 120 | 15.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 14.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 104 | 12.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 80 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 94 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 82 | 10.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 90 | 11.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 6.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 92 | 13.1 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Ilidža in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 52 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Sarajevo in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 53 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Tuzla in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 71 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Banja Luka in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 85 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Mostar in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 96 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Split in JanuaryCroatia · 140 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Osijek in JanuaryCroatia · 162 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Bihać in JanuaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 175 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 90 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zenica) is explained once on the Zenica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.