August is Montenegro's busiest month, with 20.5% of 2025's tourist nights, and January the quietest, with 1.4%. July and August together carried 40.5% of the year, making Montenegro the fifth most seasonal of 35 European countries we measured. September was quieter than June, at 13.2% against 14.2%.
Montenegro, month by month
- Two busiest months
- Other months
When is Montenegro busiest, and when is it quietest?
August was the busiest month in 2025, with 20.5% of the year's tourist nights. January was the quietest, with 1.4%. That makes August 14.4 times as busy as January.1
Seven months each carried less than an average month's share of 8.3%: January, February, March, April, October, November and December.
Who stays in Montenegro: residents or guests from abroad?
In 2025, guests living abroad spent 88.2% of Montenegro's tourist nights. Residents of Montenegro spent the rest.1
- Highest share from abroad
- Other months
The share from abroad was highest in September, at 91.5% of that month's nights, and lowest in November, at 66.5%.1
Guests from abroad spent more than half of the nights in every month of the year.
Eurostat counts guests by the country they live in, not by nationality.2
How seasonal is Montenegro compared with the rest of Europe?
July and August together carried 40.5% of Montenegro's nights. Ranked by that share, Montenegro is the fifth most seasonal of the 35 European countries we measured, where 1 is the country most concentrated into its two busiest months.1
For comparison, the most seasonal country on this measure was Croatia at 54.5%, and the least seasonal was Malta at 21.8%. See all 35 countries ranked.
How full are Montenegro's hotels each month?
Hotel rooms were fullest in July, when 83.8% were in use, and emptiest in December, at 13.4%.3
- Fullest month
- Other months
This is Eurostat's net occupancy rate of bedrooms: bedrooms in use divided by bedrooms available. It covers hotels and similar places only, not campsites or holiday lets, so it can peak in a different month from the nights figures above.2
How long do guests stay in Montenegro?
Guests stayed an average of 3.4 nights each time they checked in at tourist accommodation in Montenegro in 2025: 5,187,771 nights across 1,504,774 arrivals.4 Across the 33 countries on this site with complete figures, the average ran from 1.5 nights in Iceland to 4.7 in Cyprus.4
This is our division of Eurostat's two counts. Eurostat counts an arrival each time a guest checks in at a place to stay, so a traveller who moves between places is counted more than once, and a whole trip is longer than the figure suggests.2
What are Montenegro's public holidays in 2026 and 2027?
In Montenegro, public holidays fall on 9 days in both 2026 and 2027.5 In 2026, 1 of those days is a Saturday or Sunday.5 Each holiday is kept on the day and the day after, except Njegoš Day (one day). If a holiday falls on a Sunday, the next two days are off; if its second day is a Sunday, the next day is off. 20 September, Ecological State Day, is a working day. Religious holidays are days off only for members of each faith.
| Holiday | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day Nova godina | Thu 1 January | Fri 1 January |
| New Year (second day) Nova godina | Fri 2 January | Sat 2 January |
| Labour Day Praznik rada | Fri 1 May | Sat 1 May |
| Labour Day (second day) Praznik rada | Sat 2 May | Sun 2 May |
| Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti | Thu 21 May | Fri 21 May |
| Independence Day (second day) Dan nezavisnosti | Fri 22 May | Sat 22 May |
| Statehood Day Dan državnosti | Mon 13 July | Tue 13 July |
| Statehood Day (second day) Dan državnosti | Tue 14 July | Wed 14 July |
| Njegoš Day, Montenegrin day of culture Njegošev dan, crnogorski praznik kulture | Fri 13 November | Sat 13 November |
We took these dates from the law, not from a holiday website. Regional and local holidays are not included.
What is the weather like in Podgorica each month?
Averaged over 1991–2020, the Podgorica weather station, which we use for Podgorica, is warmest in August, with an average high of 34.5 °C, and coldest in January, with an average low of 2.2 °C. Its wettest month is November (260 mm of rain on average) and its driest July (36 mm).6
In January, Montenegro's quietest month, the station's average high is 11.0 °C and its average low 2.2 °C, with 165 mm of rain. In August, the busiest, the average high is 34.5 °C.6
In January the station averages 9.9 days with at least 1 mm of rain.6 On 15 January the sun is up for about 9 h 25 min there, against 13 h 55 min on 15 August.7
| Month | Average high | Average low | Rain | Rainy days | Daylight on the 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0 °C | 2.2 °C | 165 mm | 9.9 days | 9 h 25 min |
| February | 12.6 °C | 3.4 °C | 164 mm | 9.8 days | 10 h 35 min |
| March | 16.3 °C | 6.4 °C | 164 mm | 9.0 days | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 20.7 °C | 9.9 °C | 136 mm | 9.8 days | 13 h 25 min |
| May | 25.8 °C | 14.5 °C | 98 mm | 7.8 days | 14 h 35 min |
| June | 30.7 °C | 18.9 °C | 60 mm | 5.9 days | 15 h 15 min |
| July | 33.9 °C | 21.6 °C | 36 mm | 3.8 days | 15 h |
| August | 34.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 54 mm | 4.1 days | 13 h 55 min |
| September | 28.4 °C | 17.0 °C | 147 mm | 7.3 days | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 22.8 °C | 12.3 °C | 176 mm | 9.2 days | 11 h 5 min |
| November | 16.5 °C | 7.4 °C | 260 mm | 10.9 days | 9 h 45 min |
| December | 11.8 °C | 3.5 °C | 232 mm | 11.6 days | 9 h 5 min |
Thirty-year averages from one weather station, Podgorica, which we use for Podgorica. They describe a typical year at that station, not a forecast, and weather varies across Montenegro. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain. The source has no complete sunshine figures for this station, so we show none. Daylight is not measured: it is our calculation of the time from sunrise to sunset.
June or September? May or October?
September was quieter than June, at 13.2% against 14.2%.
October was quieter than May, at 7.2% against 9.6%.
These compare months at similar distances from the summer peak. For typical weather in Podgorica, see the weather section.
What these figures cannot tell you
These figures are good at one thing: showing when a country's registered tourist accommodation fills up. Four things they cannot do.
They miss some small places. The counts cover hotels, holiday and short-stay accommodation and campsites, but countries may exclude establishments with fewer than ten bed places, so small guesthouses can be missing.2
Nights are not queues. A national monthly total cannot see how busy one old town, beach or museum is on a given day.
Tourist nights say nothing about weather or prices. The weather section uses 30-year averages from one station, not a forecast. We have not published price data, because we have not verified any.
They are one year. These are 2025 figures. Patterns shift from year to year, and Eurostat revises its data as countries update their returns.
The full year
| Month | Share of year | Nights | From abroad |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4% | 73,867 | 74.8% |
| February | 1.7% | 87,842 | 77.0% |
| March | 2.5% | 127,677 | 76.8% |
| April | 6.0% | 312,141 | 86.6% |
| May | 9.6% | 496,065 | 86.1% |
| June | 14.2% | 735,673 | 89.0% |
| July (one of the two busiest months) | 20.1% | 1,040,610 | 90.8% |
| August (one of the two busiest months) | 20.5% | 1,061,386 | 91.4% |
| September | 13.2% | 687,017 | 91.5% |
| October | 7.2% | 374,223 | 88.4% |
| November | 2.2% | 115,568 | 66.5% |
| December | 1.5% | 75,702 | 71.0% |
Total for 2025: 5,187,771 nights, 88.2% of them by guests living abroad. The two busiest months are marked. "From abroad" is the share of that month's nights spent by guests living outside Montenegro.
Key takeaways
- January was Montenegro's quietest month in 2025, with 1.4% of the year's tourist nights.
- July and August were the busiest, carrying 40.5% of the year between them.
- Montenegro ranks 5 of 35 European countries for seasonal concentration, where 1 is the most concentrated.
- Guests living abroad spent 88.2% of Montenegro's 2025 tourist nights; residents spent the rest.
- Hotel rooms were fullest in July (83.8% in use) and emptiest in December (13.4%).
- Public holidays in Montenegro fall on 9 days in both 2026 and 2027.
- September was quieter than June, at 13.2% against 14.2%.
- What we would skip: assuming every shoulder month is equally quiet. In Montenegro, June carried 14.2% of the year's nights against September's 13.2%.
Sources
The tourism and hotel figures on this page come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, which receives them from each country's national statistical authority. The weather averages come from the World Meteorological Organization's 1991–2020 climate normals, published by the US National Centers for Environmental Information. We downloaded the data directly and calculated the shares, rankings and comparisons ourselves. See how we research.
- Source: Eurostat, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_NIM, accessed 25 September 2026. Dataset last updated by Eurostat on 22 September 2026. Extract: number of nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests and split by guests resident in the country and abroad, January–December 2025.
- Eurostat, Tourist accommodation reference metadata, on collection by national authorities under Regulation (EU) 692/2011, the definition of a night spent, country of residence, and the ten-bed-place threshold. Read it. Checked 17 September 2026.
- Source: Eurostat, Net occupancy rate of bed-places and bedrooms in hotels and similar accommodation – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_MNOR, accessed 22 September 2026. Extract: bedrooms, percentage, January–December 2025.
- Source: Eurostat, Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_ARM, with the nights data (tour_occ_nim), accessed 25 September 2026. Extract: number of arrivals and nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests, January–December 2025. Average stay is our calculation: nights divided by arrivals.
- Public holidays: Law on State and Other Holidays (Official Gazette 27/07, 36/13, 145/21), arts 1–3b, consolidated text published by the Government of Montenegro (gov.me). Read it. Accessed 23 September 2026.
- Weather: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808), station Podgorica (station ID 00013463), mean daily maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation and number of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation, normals computed from at least 24 years. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed 22 September 2026. Released by NOAA under CC0.
- Daylight: our calculation of the time from sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month of 2026 at the weather station's location, by the method of the NOAA Solar Calculator (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, “Solar Calculation Details”, based on Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, allowing 0.833° for refraction and the size of the sun). Read it. Checked 22 September 2026. NOAA notes that calculated times can differ from what is observed.
Modified data. The monthly shares, residence shares, rankings and comparisons are our own calculations from Eurostat's counts. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so they may not add exactly. Eurostat bears no responsibility for these calculations or for how the figures are presented here. Rainfall is rounded to the nearest millimetre; temperatures are shown as published.