Basic information

Area: 143,35.35 km2

Elevation: 3 mnm

Climate and weather: borderline humid subtropical and Mediterranean climate

Air temperature

  • average annual: 16,4 °C
  • average of coldest period: January, 10 °C
  • average of the warmest period: August, 25,8 °C

Sea temperature

  • average May-September: 17,9 – 23,8 °C (64,2 – 74,8 °F)

Population (2011): 42,615

Mayor: Mato Franković

Time zone: CET (UTC+1)
Summer (DST): CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code: 20000

Dailing code: +385 (0)20

Nicknames: “Croatian Athens”, “Pearl of the Adriatic”, “Thesaurum mundi”