Facts & Figures

The flag and the coat of arms

The City has its flag and the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a baroque-style shield with its upper field in blue, depicting three separated round silver-white ashlar towers with crenulated rooftops. The towers have their gates closed and windows open. Over the middle tower – which is slightly larger than the other two – flies a white dove carrying an olive branch in its beak. The lower field is in green and features a white silver-river.

The City celebrates its Day on February 1st, which commemorates the event of 1748 when it received its first charter of a free royal town. The charter was issued and signed by Empress Maria Theresia, who granted the City a high degree of autonomy within the Habsburg Empire.

The climate in Novi Sad crosses over from humid continental to continental. The city has all four seasons. During winter cold southeastern wind, which usually lasts for three to seven days, can create snowdrifts during heavy snowfalls and blizzards.

Air temperature average is 10.9°C. The average temperature in January is –1°C and 21.6°C in July. The average annual rainfall is 578 mm, with 122 days with rain or snow.

Novi Sad's geographic location has made it a desirable place to settle throughout history. Over the course of the post-war era, there was a notable and at times very rapid increase in the population; this rise was primarily driven by artificial immigration rather than natural growth. The most significant demographic boom in Novi Sad occurred between 1961 and 1971, when the population increased by around 33% if the City of Novi Sad is taken into consideration, or by about 40% if the territory of Novi Sad settlement is taken into consideration.

Novi Sad is the administrative, economic, cultural, scientific and touristic centre of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the second largest city in Serbia.

Geographical coordinates: 45˚ 46` north latitude и 19˚ 20` east longitude
City area: 702.7 km2
Population: 368.967 (2022 Census)
Elevation: 72 to 80 m
Climate: humid continental

Geographically, Novi Sad is in a favourable position. It lies on important transit routes, which provides significant comparative assets.