Montenegro - Basic Facts

Montenegro is a country located in South-eastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the South, and borders Croatia (25 km) on the West, Bosnia and Herzegovina (225 km) on the Northwest, Serbia (203 km) on northeast and Albania (172 km) on the southeast.

Geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 19 18 E

Capital: Podgorica

Area: total: 14,026 km2

Land: 13,812 km2

Water: 214 km2

Land boundaries: total: 625 km

Coastline: 293.5 km

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m

Highest Point: Bobotov Kuk, 2,522 m

Land use: arable land: 13.7%

Permanent crops: 1%

Other: 85.3%

Climate of Montenegro: Summer is hot, dry and with an average temperature of 27.40ºC (81.32 ºF) and the Winter is mild, rainy and short. It is a climate with four well defined seasons.

Maximum sea temperature: 27.10ºC (80.78 ºF).

Average number of solar days per year: 240 days.

Temperature: In the summer there is a great difference between the maximum temperatures during the day as compared to the lowest temperature, at night. The Summer night is accentuated by night cooling. In winter, temperatures are mild. The average temperature of the hottest month is higher than 20ºC (68ºF), and the average of the coldest month is never less than 0ºC (32ºF).

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