Description:

Croatia is a long country and the weather can vary from one end to the other.

Dalmatian coast: long, hot summers with many hours of sunshine followed by mild but rainy winters. Sheltered is provided by the Dinaric Alps.

Adriatic: long hot summers with high number of hours of sunshine, but more prone to showers and odd thunder storm. Winter around 4 hours of sunshine a day and cold winds from central and eastern Europe especially on North Adriatic coast.

Inland: temperatures are high in the summer but with more rainfall and in winter it can be very cold.

Mountainous areas regularly see snow.

In the East of the country the landscape is flatter, there is less rainfall but winters are very cold.