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Has the climate in Dubrovnik changed?

Dubrovnik has warmed about 5.2°F between 1971 and 2023.

About 1.0°F per decade, measured from Dubrovnik's official daily weather records, 1971–2023. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Dubrovnik's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in Croatia.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
2 fewer nights
1970s
4 / yr
Recent
2 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+3.6°F
1970s
61.0°F
Recent
64.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
18 more days
1970s
3 / yr
Recent
21 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
7 fewer days
1970s
113 / yr
Recent
106 / yr
Drier on average

Dubrovnik's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2023.

48°50°52°54°56°58°60°62°64°66°68°1971: 61.4°F1972: 61.4°F1973: 61.9°F1974: 61.2°F1975: 61.6°F1976: 60.5°F1977: 61.8°F1978: 49.9°F1979: 66.8°F1980: 60.0°F1981: 60.8°F1982: 62.5°F1983: 61.4°F1984: 60.8°F1985: 61.6°F1986: 62.3°F1987: 61.8°F1988: 61.9°F1989: 61.7°F1990: 62.6°F1991: 61.3°F1992: 63.3°F1993: 62.6°F1994: 64.9°F1995: 61.6°F1996: 61.5°F1997: 62.4°F1998: 62.5°F1999: 63.5°F2000: 63.6°F2001: 63.3°F2002: 63.9°F2003: 64.2°F2004: 62.9°F2005: 61.9°F2006: 62.9°F2007: 64.1°F2008: 64.0°F2009: 64.2°F2010: 62.5°F2011: 65.0°F2012: 64.7°F2013: 64.3°F2014: 64.6°F2015: 65.1°F2016: 64.5°F2017: 64.2°F2018: 66.1°F2019: 65.5°F2020: 64.9°F2021: 64.3°F2022: 65.7°F2023: 65.9°Flong-term trend1971198019902000201020202023
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 9 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°January: +0.5°F+0.5JFebruary: +0.9°F+0.9FMarch: +1.7°F+1.7MApril: +2.2°F+2.2AMay: +1.9°F+1.9MJune: +2.6°F+2.6JJuly: +2.3°F+2.3JAugust: +2.8°F+2.8ASeptember: +1.6°F+1.6SOctober: +1.3°F+1.3ONovember: +1.9°F+1.9NDecember: +1.0°F+1.0D

August has warmed the most — about 2.8°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Dubrovnik, a weather station, about 16 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

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