Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Skopje: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 55 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In July its highs average 30.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Skopje, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 3 cities is 29.7°C; Skopje is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 25 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July, selected | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 9.29 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
July in nearby cities
- Kumanovo in JulyNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Prizren in JulyKosovo · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JulyKosovo · 64 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Prilep in JulyNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Pristina in JulyKosovo · 78 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JulyKosovo · 93 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JulyKosovo · 109 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Leskovac in JulySerbia · 119 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 45 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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.