Gentle Ambience
The Dubrovnik Coast has a mild Mediterranean climate, with gentle and damp winters and warm and dry summers. There are more than 250 days of sunshine (or about 2629 hours of sun) per year, whilst rain is mainly restricted to November and December. Snow is rare.

The mean averageannual temperature is 16.4º C. The coldest month is January, and the warmest is August. Sea swimming is from April to October. Rainfall covers 109 days per year, 14 of which are in summer. The Dubrovnik Coast is an area with abundant sunshine – about 12.4 hours per day. The mean sea temperature bracket from May to September is 18 to 24 º C. Sea salinity is about 38%. The most common winds are the “bura” and “jugo”, and the “maestral” which is refreshing in the summer heat. The Dubrovnik Coast is a region of lavish and fragrant vegetation.

Except for natural Mediterranean species, there are cultivated gardens in front of the summer houses of the old Dubrovnik aristocrats, which were favoured places to spend the summer on the Coast, full of subtropical and continental fl ora. The oranges, lemons, palms and agaves, as well as Aleppo pines, local pines or pinje, holm-oak woods, and various wild shrubbery (strawberry-tree, heather, Spanish broom), endow the area with a special charm.

The sea around the Dubrovnik Coast is rich in both fl ora and fauna. There are red, brown and green algae among which are many species of fi sh: black-tailed sea bream, grey mullet, comber and gilthead.

The rocky seabed is the home of sea bass, dentex, grouper and other attractive fi sh, as well as octopus, shellfi sh, oysters, and mussels. Several kinds of lobster inhabit our part of the Adriatic Sea.