Hvar island climate, given the geographical position, is characterized by mild winters and dry summers. Central annual temperature, measured in a period of 60 years was 16.2 ° C, so the city is in the last century Viennese climatologist J. Hann called "Adriatic Madeira". The lowest absolute minimum -7.2 ° C recorded is 05 January 1976.
Month of January has the lowest air temperature, on average 8.6 ° C, February 9 ° C and December 10.5 ° C, July and August are the warmest months, when the average temperature in July on average 23.4 ° C in August was 23.2 ° C.
Relative humidity in the winter months is 67%, 66% in spring and in autumn 68%. Cloudiness is the biggest day in January (5), and lowest in July (1.6), and Hvar has on average 2715 hours of sunshine. Average annual rainfall is 788.7 mm per year.
Through ten-year period of snow has fallen 5 times in January, and 3 times in February. Winter northeaster blows strongest "wind" in spring and autumn is the most southeastern "south", while in summer the sea is blowing a gentle and pleasant north-west "breeze" which significantly cools the heated land.
Southern exposure of the island are more comfortable in the winter because they are protected from the cold north wind. Most pleasant and mildest climate of Hvar is a village lying in the open bay to the west and the protected elevated terrain to the north and south.
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