Banja Luka
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📷 Rade Nagraisalovic (Tonka)· CC BY 3.0Град на Врбасу | The city on the Vrbas
About
Banja Luka or Banjaluka is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most populous in Republika Srpska. It is Republika Srpska's main economic, political, and administrative center. Banja Luka is the traditional centre of the densely forested Bosanska Krajina region of northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the city proper has a population of 138,963, while its administrative area comprises a total of 185,042 inhabitants.
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The next week in Banja Luka
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Thunderstorm
21° / 11°
UV Moderate
Sat
Thunderstorm
16° / 11°
41.1 mm
Sun
Rain
18° / 11°
0.7 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Overcast
21° / 7°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
19° / 10°
UV High
Wed
Rain
19° / 12°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 1°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.8h
05:23 – 20:10local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Banja Luka
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Banja Luka International Airport (BNX) at 21 km.
Getting around Banja Luka
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Kacnepcku-Cp6uja.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.