Погода: Подгорица, сентябрь

September here is a month with a start date attached. Regulars advise against arriving before the 10th, some say the 15th, because until then the heat and the crowds are still August's; after that the party crowd has gone, the beaches are usable all day because the sun has lost its edge, and the sea is still 23 to 25C. Our row gives 24.3C, so the swimming holds. The figure they never mention is rain: 163.4mm, which falls across only 8.2 days at twenty millimetres apiece. That is the heaviest per-day rainfall in this batch and it means storms rather than showers - on the days it rains here, it rains properly. The record: 27C over 19.3C nights, 10.3 hours of sun and a 9.8 kph wind.

Forum posters describe December daytime temperatures around Podgorica and the coast as often 17-20C and sunny, genuinely pleasant for walking through old towns, though posters are direct that snow essentially doesn't happen in Podgorica or along the coast - it's confined to the mountainous areas above the coast and further north. Posters describe December weather here as still warmer overall than central Europe, even accounting for real rain and strong coastal winds that can make biking or boat trips impractical. Posters flag December as a genuinely quiet month countrywide, describing it as a period of deep hibernation with little in the way of festivals, since local Orthodox Christmas isn't celebrated until January 7th. Posters generally rate December as a mild, low-key time to visit Podgorica, with mountain areas the better bet for anyone specifically wanting snow.

Podgorica forum regulars call June genuinely hot inland, with the coast running slightly milder: day temperatures “slightly above 30°C and nights around 20-23°C” on the coast, hotter still further inland where Podgorica itself sits. Rain is real but brief — across an 11-night stay, regulars report “about two days with short, but abundant rainfalls,” clouds building fast, an hour or two of rain, then sun again. Late May into early June brings longer days and more stable weather than later in the month, since crowds and traffic pick up hard once Montenegrin schools let out around June 10. June, July and August (plus early September) are named together as the country's prime sea season. Our record: 26.9°C days, 18.2°C nights, 10 rain days and 12.5 hours of sun — hot and sunny with real but brief rain, matching the “hot, short intense showers” read for inland Montenegro specifically.