Best time to visit Hvar

Croatia · Europe

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Hvar

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Beach and sea Jul–Sep · fair Jun

Go in Apr, May, Jun, Jul or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 28C max, 2 rainy days. Sep is the next best.

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Month by month

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	12°	9d	69%	6.7h	ok	12C max, 9 rainy days
Feb	13°	8d	71%	8.0h	ok	13C max, 8 rainy days
Mar	15°	9d	67%	9.4h	good	15C max, 9 rainy days
Apr	18°	7d	65%	11.0h	sweet spot	18C max, 7 rainy days
May	22°	7d	66%	12.1h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jun	28°	2d	60%	13.4h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	31°	1d	54%	13.6h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	31°	2d	57%	13.0h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Sep	26°	5d	65%	10.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Oct	21°	6d	71%	9.4h	sweet spot	21C max, 6 rainy days
Nov	17°	13d	73%	6.7h	ok	17C max, 13 rainy days
Dec	13°	11d	72%	6.0h	ok	13C max, 11 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Hvar Town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from May to September; quietest from October to April.

Then and now

Hvar's June days now average 28.1°C, 6.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 11 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	10.5°	10.2°	12.1°	14.9°	18.4°	21.6°	24.7°	24.7°	22.4°	19.0°	14.3°	11.9°
2017–26	11.5°	13.0°	14.9°	18.1°	22.4°	28.1°	30.7°	31.0°	26.2°	21.5°	16.9°	13.3°
Change	+1.0°	+2.8°	+2.8°	+3.2°	+3.9°	+6.5°	+6.0°	+6.3°	+3.7°	+2.5°	+2.5°	+1.5°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Split (SPU), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Split.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Hvar is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Croatia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards are accepted almost everywhere, though people in Croatia still use cash for over half of payments in shops. For cash, use a bank's ATM rather than a Euronet machine, which can charge high fees.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Service is not included: round up for drinks, leave 5 to 10% for a meal, and let taxi drivers keep the change.

Getting around Hvar

Apps — Rides: Bolt, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp, Messenger, Viber.

Buses meet the car ferries at Stari Grad and run to various destinations such as Hvar town. Don't take taxis from the ferry port, they're a rip-off. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Hvar, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Hvar in pictures

View of Hvar 02 — i

Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hvar 02 — i

Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

J32 715 Loggia, Trg Svjetog Stjepana — i

Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Aerial image of Hvar (view from the south) — i

Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hvar Croatia view from sea — i

acediscovery, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Hvar is like

Hvar is an island off the coast of Croatia with a population of about 11,000 people (2011). Imposing fortifications hover above the fluid blend of grey stone and orange cascading roofs. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The Town Square in Hvar is among the most beautiful and the largest in Croatia. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Take a water taxi (they run every half hour or so), or rent a boat (5 horsepower) for about €47 a day and explore the Pakleni Islands on your own. You can rent boats right in the main square in Hvar town. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Ferry company Jadrolinija operates the car ferry (approx. 2 hr), arriving near Stari Grad or by Krilo Luka fast ferry (a hydrofoil) (approx 1 hr) to Hvar City from Split. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Hvar, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Hvar

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Kind of place

Hvar is in Croatia, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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