Pula weather by month
The best time to visit Pula is April to June — 88/100 in May, 22°C and 12 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (81/100 on average).
The worst month is December at 58/100 — cool, rainy, clean air. See December →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: March to May (81/100 on average) · worst December (58/100)
- Days
- 22°C
- Nights
- 12°C
- Wet days
- 12
- Sun
- 12 h
- Humidity
- 75%
- Daylight
- 15 h
Pula, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Pula 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 Pula through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Pula in May
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.
Busyschool holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Pula
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Visas & entry
A visitor's account of the Pula Arena, the only Roman amphitheater in the world with all four sides intact, recommends visiting at sunset both for the light and for noticeably thinner crowds compared to the middle of the day. Their tip for actually understanding what you're looking at: join a guided walking tour, since there's minimal signage inside the arena itself, and don't skip the underground section, which holds a permanent exhibition on Roman-era olive oil production and amphorae that most visitors walk right past.
Traveller notes on Pula
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe June as splitting roughly in two: the first half stays pleasant for sightseeing with occasional rain that never lingers long, while the back half sees temperatures climb into the mid-to-high 20sC and genuinely warm, t-shirt-and-swimming conditions take over. Posters call June hot but not the stifling heat of full July/August, making it a favorite window for visitors who want good weather without peak-season crowds - several repeat visitors describe consistently excellent June weather across multiple trips, apart from the odd rainy day. That said, posters note real year-to-year variability exists even this time of year, with one comparison of different years finding one May sweltering hot and another notably rainy - so June isn't entirely immune to the same unpredictability, just generally favored.
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