APARTMENTS & ROOMS Zamic Nada & Ante Brela CROATIA

Brela and also the whole area of Middle Dalmatia are characterised by a very favourable climate. The temperature in January lies on an isotherm of 7^oC and 8^oC, in an area with a distinctive mediterranean climate; a mild, mostly moist winter and a dry, hot and sunny summer.

This area is one of the sunniest parts of the central and northern Mediterranean, characterised by an extremely bright sky with about 2700 sunny hours per year, and a high daily average of 7,3 sunny hours per day. In the summer, it rises even to an average of 11,3 hours, 7,4 hours in the spring, 6,3 hours in the autumn, and 4,2 hours in the winter. This high rate of sunny weather has an influence on the relatively high yearly and daily temperature of the air. A medium January approximate of 7,8^o C makes this area the warmest part on the Mediterranean northern coast. Yearly, Brela has as much as 46 days in which the temperature of the air is higher than 30 ^oC, and only 7 days with a temperature below 0^oC. This favourable climate and the flow of warm sea currents have an influence on the high temperature of the sea, with a summer average of 22,6^o C, i.e., an average yearly approximate of 17,5^oC.

The local and periodical (seasonal) winds also help to maintain a favourable climate. Among them, the most distinct are the local winds "jugo" (south-east wind) and the "bura" (north-east wind), which blow during the entire year, but especially strong during the winter, when their bioclimatic activity is at its peak. In the early spring and summer, the most characteristic wind is the Maestral which has important thermoregulation activity, and as a sea wind, it brings a favourable coolness.The Maestral is replaced by the night breeze from the north (burin), which cools the overheated dry land.

Rainfall in the this area also has Mediterranean characteristics. It amounts to only 809 mm yearly, but is favourably dispersed, so that the spring and especially the summer is mostly dry, while moderate rains fall in autumn and winter season. Snow is an exceptionally rare phenomenon.