Makarska weather by month
The best time to visit Makarska is June to August — 94/100 in July, 32°C and 4 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (92/100 on average).
The worst month is December at 49/100 — cool, soaked, clean air. See December →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to August (92/100 on average) · worst December (49/100)
- Days
- 32°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 4
- Sun
- 13.5 h
- Humidity
- 62%
- Daylight
- 15 h
Makarska, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Makarska is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Makarska through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- March
- Easter5–6 AprHoliday
- April
- Biokovo park road season1 Apr – 31 OctOpening
- June
- Adriatic swimming season15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)Season
- July
- Package-holiday peak5 Jul – 25 AugSeason
- August
- Assumption Day, 15 August14–16 AugHoliday
- September
- Battle of Makarska re-enactment15–20 Sep (usually)Festival
- Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival25 Sep – 10 Oct (usually)Festival
- November
- Bura season1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Hazard
- December
- Christmas closures24–26 DecHoliday
Crowds in Makarska in July
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdstravelers describe it as peak season, Package-holiday peak, Summer holidays in Croatia
Sourced from traveler notes: “…ast, gets called glorious this time of year. July counts as peak season, though posters note the first half is somewhat more manage…” — Tripadvisor community
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Good to know before you go to Makarska
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Visas & entry
A guide to the Makarska Riviera recommends late May through mid-June specifically for anyone who wants the warm Adriatic weather without the crowds and higher prices that arrive with July and August peak season. Their practical transport tip: the closest airport is in Split, about 1.5 hours away, and renting a car there is worth it for the scenic coastal drive down, since the riviera's beaches, mostly pebble rather than sand, are spread along roughly 50km of coastline best explored with your own wheels.
Traveller notes on Makarska
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Croatia's forum describes January on the Dalmatian coast, Makarska included, as milder than the interior but still genuinely capable of freezing overnight, with the bura wind making a cold day feel considerably colder through windchill. Coastal snow is rare but does happen occasionally, and posters described the swing as wide - anywhere from around -5C on a bad night to an unusually mild 15C on a good day. Expect wet and windy stretches mixed with clear ones rather than a single consistent pattern for the whole month.
Forum posters call July genuinely hot, regularly above 30C, with the back half of the month singled out as the point where any hiking should shift to early morning or evening to avoid the worst heat. Swimming, by contrast, gets called glorious this time of year. July counts as peak season, though posters note the first half is somewhat more manageable than the crush of full August - one repeat visitor specifically contrasted a pleasant June trip against a July return that felt noticeably hotter and busier. For anyone finding the heat oppressive, posters suggest shifting to shaded activities like nearby caves and forest walks during the hottest midday hours.
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