Climate · Sarajevo

Sarajevo in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Sarajevo is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Sarajevo is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
13h 55mon average

Is August a good time to visit Sarajevo?


Yes. August is one of Sarajevo's best months (June to September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in August, against 43°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in August, against 34% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in August, against 29% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

13h 55m in August, against 8h 58m to 15h 24m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. July81°27°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August82°28°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September73°23°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sarajevo sits, in August

Europe/Sarajevo

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:50 AMsets 7:53 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Sarajevo, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Sarajevo is our one place in Bosnia & Herzegovina so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sarajevo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.