Best Time to Visit Zagreb

The best time to visit Zagreb is May to August, when the average temperature is 16–23°C and rainfall is low for Zagreb, at 78–100 mm a month.

Zagreb weather by month

The wettest month in Zagreb is September with 116 mm of rain, and the warmest is July at an average 23°C. The coolest is January at 0°C.

MonthAverage temperatureRainfallVerdict
January0°C / 32°F
66 mm
Cold
February2°C / 35°F
73 mm
Cold
March6°C / 43°F
69 mm
Cool
April11°C / 53°F
74 mm
Cool
May16°C / 61°F
100 mm
Best
June20°C / 69°F
90 mm
Best
July23°C / 73°F
78 mm
Best
August23°C / 73°F
84 mm
Best
September17°C / 63°F
116 mm
Rainy
October12°C / 53°F
92 mm
Cool
November6°C / 43°F
94 mm
Cool
December1°C / 34°F
74 mm
Cold

How we pick the best months

  • Best: an average temperature of 15–28°C and low rainfall for Zagreb: under 150 mm, and no more than 101 mm, a quarter above Zagreb's median month (never set below 60 mm).
  • If no month qualifies, we show the three driest months that average 10–30°C instead.
  • Wet: 150 mm of rain or more. Rainy: more than 101 mm. Hot: 29°C or more on average. Cool: under 15°C. Cold: under 5°C.

Averages cover day and night, so afternoons are warmer than the figure shown. Weather is only one reason to pick a month: school holidays, festivals and prices matter too.

Where these numbers come from

Monthly averages for January 2001 – December 2020 from the NASA POWER project, for the area around Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) at 45.74, 16.07. The model covers a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or hilly spot can run a degree or two different. Retrieved 12 September 2026.

The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.