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The climate of Western-Macedonia (Macedonia)
The western part of Macedonia should not be mixed up with the province of West-Macedonia in Greece. Macedonia has a moderate continental climate with warm dry summers and reasonably cool winters. The west of Macedonia is mountainous (the larger part is higher than 1000 meters). On the border with Albania lies Mount Korab, which with 2764 meters is the highest point of both Macedonia and Albania. Here falls considerably more precipitation than in the rest of the country, altogether some thousand millimeters a year against approximately 500 millimeters in the rest of the country.
In the wintertime it is rather cold and in the summertime it gets less warm than in the centre and the east of the country. In this part of Macedonia long periods with frost and/or night-frost may occur regularly. In the wintertime snowfall in this area is more the rule than the exception and in the most elevated areas the snow can lie rather long.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on registered weather information of more than one year and are an average for West-Macedonia at a height of approximately 1400-1500 meters.
Slightly deviating statistics go for lower and higher situated areas.

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 -7 3 11 n/a
February 3 -5 4 11 n/a
March 6 -3 4 11 n/a
April 10 1 5 11 n/a
May 15 4 6 10 n/a
June 18 8 8 7 n/a
July 22 10 9 5 n/a
August 21 10 9 6 n/a
September 19 7 7 6 n/a
October 13 3 6 8 n/a
November 6 -2 4 11 n/a
December 2 -6 3 14 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

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Disclaimer
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