Banja Luka
City in Bosnia and Herzegovina: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
NKD115 Saborna crkva Hrista spasitelja Banja Luka RS BiH: Tomas Damjanovic Banjaluka, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Banja Luka is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Srpska. About 221,106 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina in our atlas.
It lies at 44.78° N, 17.21° E, about 151 m (495 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Sarajevo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Banja Luka. Green dots: other major cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Banja Luka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (25°F). Around 857 mm (34 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3204541 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q131127 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- NKD115 Saborna crkva Hrista spasitelja Banja Luka RS BiH: Tomas Damjanovic Banjaluka, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)