The unavoidable weather question has a region-specific answer as Croatia’s climate is determined by its geography which is a mixture of a long littoral, high mountains and plains.
There are predominantly two climate regions with some variations: Continental and Mediterranean. A chain of high Dinaric Mountains separates the two and can also be separated as an Alpine climate region.
The Continental region has four seasons, with cold winters and warm and lately very hot summers. Average temperatures are between 0°C to 2°C in January and between 19°C and 23° C in August.
The mountains above 1500M (Medvednica near Zagreb, Velebit) get cooler and offer snow for winter sports and escape from roasting summer temperatures along the coast. Snowfall is common between December and March.
The Mediterranean climate zone in Croatia stretches along the Adriatic coast and is characterised by average temperatures between 6°C and 11°C in January and between 21°C and 27°C in August. Winters are mild and wet and summers dry and hot. Northern Adriatic is often a few degrees cooler than the Southern Adriatic.
Island of Hvar is the sunniest as it gets over 2700 sunny hours each year. It is followed by Split, Vela Luka on the Korcula Island and Dubrovnik as next in line with plenty of sun for holidays.
During winter the Adriatic Sea temperature is around 12° C, while in the summer it is approximately 25°C or even a few degrees warmer.
More information about the weather in Croatia as well as detailed forecasts can be found online:
http://meteo.hr/index_en.php
http://www.meteo-info.hr
http://crometeo.net/site/index.php
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