Climate Sokolac 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sarajevo International Airport (LQSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.3	63	29	45	56	19
February	68.5	89	63	78	83	77
March	82.4	91	81	92	88	81
April	87.7		81	94	90	95
May	87.9		82	92	97	84
June	89.4		79	98	94	88
July	91.2		92	94	95	93
August	86.3		89	85	87	86
September	85.8		91	79	89	85
October	74.8		88	76	63	75
November	55.3		70	52	42	40
December	48.2		67	42	53	51
Average	77.6	82.1	78.0	81.1	80.8	74.9

3rd best VFR conditions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.8	88	59	67	75	36
February	84.2	97	84	89	93	87
March	92.3	98	89	98	97	93
April	95.8		97	96	95	99
May	95.9		96	97	99	95
June	96.1		94	98	97	97
July	97.6		99	99	99	100
August	96.0		97	98	98	94
September	94.9		97	94	97	94
October	87.2		94	88	84	85
November	74.7		84	75	69	61
December	65.4		77	78	70	64
Average	89.2	94.6	90.4	91.6	91.1	85.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.6	6	6	3	4	3
February	8.9	13	7	9	11	11
March	12.4	15	13	11	10	12
April	16.5		14	15	14	19
May	21.2		21	24	21	19
June	26.1		24	29	27	24
July	28.3		30	30	30	26
August	28.5		28	28	29	28
September	23.2		26	21	24	24
October	18.6		22	20	14	18
November	11.1		11	11	11	9
December	6.2		9	8	6	7
Average	16.3	11.1	17.5	17.6	16.7	16.6

4th highest temperature of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-5.3	-4	-1	-6	-3	-6
February	-2.1	1	-4	-2	-2	-2
March	0.4	4	0	-3	-1	1
April	3.8		4	3	2	5
May	9.0		10	9	9	10
June	13.2		13	14	12	14
July	14.2		15	14	15	13
August	14.3		14	15	14	15
September	10.1		12	10	10	11
October	5.2		8	6	4	5
November	2.2		2	3	3	1
December	-1.2		0	2	-1	1
Average	4.8	0.4	6.1	5.5	5.2	5.6

2nd lowest temperature of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.0	19	32	16	29	8
February	17.5	13	17	16	6	10
March	13.8	8	6	11	15	18
April	13.2		19	10	13	6
May	10.0		12	7	6	17
June	7.2		13	3	3	11
July	4.0		1	2	4	6
August	3.4		4	3	8	3
September	5.9		5	11	3	4
October	8.5		4	2	19	9
November	16.4		25	15	22	6
December	21.8		10	16	31	18
Average	11.4	12.7	11.3	8.2	11.7	9.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.1	4	4	4	4	2
February	3.7	5	3	3	4	4
March	4.5	6	4	5	4	5
April	4.2		4	4	4	5
May	4.1		4	4	5	5
June	4.0		4	4	4	5
July	3.9		4	5	4	4
August	3.6		4	4	4	3
September	3.5		4	4	3	4
October	3.1		4	2	3	4
November	3.4		5	3	4	2
December	3.8		3	4	4	4
Average	3.9	4.7	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.9

4th highest wind speed of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	288°	202°	299°	171°	319°
February	166°	289°	310°	153°	290°
March	177°	277°	329°	308°	314°
April		298°	261°	285°	337°
May		308°	315°	276°	296°
June		310°	313°	313°	280°
July		301°	316°	305°	309°
August		235°	314°	298°	289°
September		246°	294°	303°	285°
October		167°	256°	302°	214°
November		213°	274°	221°	300°
December		193°	191°	267°	159°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.