Climate and vegetation

Average monthly temperatures of air and sea (°C)


Daily average of sun-hours in months
(yearly average is 7,5 hours)

The island Hvar is famous for pleasant Mediterranean climate and the biggest number of sun-hours. Sucuraj is one of the sunniest and hottest places on the island with an isolation of more than 2700 hours o year. A very mild climate, bathing from may to November, and for the braver all year long. Summers in Sucuraj are very dry, warm and long, summer-winds maestral and tramontana refresh you during those sunny days. Winters are mild and short, temperatures under 0°C are a rarity. In the winter there are a lot of windy days, jugo (the south wind), bura (the north wind) and the local wind pelisnjak (it blows from the peninsula Peljesac), which blows only around Sucuraj. There are rainy days, and snow can fall once in 20 years.

Thanks to this mild climate, vegetation around Sucuraj is thick and of Mediterranean character. Lots of palm-trees are characteristical for the town, the woods are thick and full of various evergreens trees. There are lots of eterical plants. It's common to find more than 20 various kinds of plants in a few square meters.

SUCURAJ HOMEPAGE