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The climate of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Sarajevo is the capital of and the largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is centrally located in the country and has a moderate sea climate (type Cfb according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification) with reasonably warm summers, cold winters and precipitation all year round. During the winter most of the precipitation falls in the form of snow. Sarajevo itself is situated in a valley at an altitude of 500 meters and is not suitable for winter sports. However, the surrounding mountains are: Bjelasnica at 2,067 meters; Igman at 1,502 meters and Jahorina at 1,913 meters. Because the city is situated in between mountains and hills depressions that come either from the Adriatic Sea or the Mediterranean Sea can hardly reach Sarajevo. The temperature of the sea also has less influence here than in places situated directly along the coast. This is why summers may be much hotter than climate records may lead one to suspect. When warm air comes from Russia of the African continent it may be very warm for a longer period of time.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Sarajevo

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	1	-6	2	14		n/a
February	4	-4	3	13		n/a
March	8	-1	4	14		n/a
April	13	3	5	15		n/a
May	18	7	6	15		n/a
June	21	10	7	14		n/a
July	24	11	8	11		n/a
August	24	11	8	10		n/a
September	20	8	6	10		n/a
October	15	4	5	12		n/a
November	8	0	3	14		n/a
December	2	-4	2	15		n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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