Climate of Bol

The Island of Brac and all Middle Dalmatia are characterized by very favorable climate. Temperature in January lies on an isotherm 7C in the area with distinctive Mediterranean climate, mild, mostly moist winter and a dry, hot and sunny summer.

This area is one of the sunniest parts of the central and northern Mediterranean, characterized by an extremely bright sky with about 2700 sunny hours per year and daily average of 7.3 sunny hours per day. In summer, number of sunny hours raise to 11.3 hours, to 7.4 in spring, and to 6.3 in autumn.

More than 100 days have temperature over 25C, and more then 50 days above 30.

This favorable climate and flow of warm sea currents influence high temperature of the sea, with summer average of 22.6 C.

Local and seasonal winds also help maintain favorable climate. Among them there is very strong northern wind called bura, moist yugo (southern wind) and maestral - local wind from the west that makes life easier in hot summer days and that makes Bol a paradise for surfers.