About us
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Former main building: Grič 3
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Present main address: Ravnice 48
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Future main building: Borongaj Campus
Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service
Main address: Ravnice 48, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
OIB (Personal Identification Number): 74660437164
Registration No.: 03206017 03206017Director-General: Ivan Güttler, PhD
Deputy Director-General: Petra Mikuš Jurković, PhD
The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ) is a state administrative organisation governed by the State Administration System Act (Official Gazette No. 66/19, 155/23) and the Act on the Organisation and Scope of State Administration Bodies (Official Gazette No. 85/20, 21/23, 57/24). DHMZ is headed by its Director-General, who is appointed by and reports to the Government of the Republic of Croatia.
DHMZ carries out the technical and specialist work involved in the monitoring of hydrological and meteorological processes and collects, processes and publishes meteorological and hydrological data. Its activities also include research relating to the atmosphere and water resources, and the application of meteorology and hydrology in a number of fields, including climatology, marine meteorology, agrometeorology, aeronautical meteorology, spatial planning, engineering design and other related activities. DHMZ operates and develops national meteorology, hydrology and air quality databases, and runs a network of meteorological and hydrological stations and centres, whose development also falls within its scope of responsibilities (Act on Meteorological and Hydrological Activities, Official Gazette No. 66/19, 114/22).
In addition, DHMZ operates the National Air Quality Monitoring Network and is responsible for air quality monitoring, the construction of new stations, and the implementation of the air quality measurement programme at those stations (Air Protection Act, Official Gazette No. 127/19, 57/22, 136/24).
DHMZ is also in charge of hail suppression, including the monitoring, planning, and operation of the network of radar centres and generator stations, and active implementation of hail suppression measures (Hail Suppression System Act, Official Gazette No. 53/01, 55/07).
As Croatia’s national meteorological and hydrological service, DHMZ represents the Republic of Croatia in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and, on Croatia’s behalf, carries out international activities in the fields of meteorology and hydrology.
After DHMZ’s former main building at Grič 3 in Zagreb was damaged in the earthquake of 22 March 2020, Ravnice 48, 10000 Zagreb became its new main address, with some of its organisational units located at other sites in Zagreb. The Automatic Meteorological Measurements Service and the Calibration Laboratory Service, which fall under the Automatic Meteorological Measurements and Calibration Sector, are located at Borongajska cesta 83d/1. The Chemical Laboratory Department and the Department for the Management of Air Quality Measurement System, which belong to the Air Quality Sector, operate at Avenija V. Holjevca 20. The Meteorological and Aerological Observatory Zagreb-Maksimir is located at Maksimirska 134, while the Main Meteorological Station Zagreb-Grič is located at Grič 2. Outside Zagreb, DHMZ has offices at Glagoljaška 11 in Split and Riva 20 in Rijeka, along with 35 other locations across Croatia, where main meteorological stations and radar centres are located.
As at 31 December 2025, DHMZ employed 351 civil servants and support staff: 136 with university-level qualifications, eight with master's degrees in science and 21 with doctoral degrees. Some of the latter also work as associates at various faculties within the University of Zagreb (the Department of Geophysics at the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, and the Faculty of Kinesiology).
