Xylofagou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Xylofagou?

Xylofagou has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 228 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xylofagou?

The hottest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2002, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Xylofagou?

The coldest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at 1.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Xylofagou?

Almost never: Xylofagou sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Xylofagou warmed?

Yes: Xylofagou warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Xylofagou?

The wettest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1967, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Xylofagou?

The windiest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with winds reaching 59.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Xylofagou?

The warmest month in Xylofagou is August (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Xylofagou?

Xylofagou receives on average 228 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Xylofagou?

Xylofagou gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Xylofagou (Cyprus) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 228 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Xylofagou averages 0 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 43 rainy days per year.

Xylofagou has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 31 July 2002) and the coldest 1.3 °C (on 5 February 1950).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

XylofagouLarnaka

coords: 34.98°, 33.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

23.2°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

228mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

16.4km/h

Seasonal range

15.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

43 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.9 °C

Average feels-like low

18.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

147 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.6 °C

31 July 2002

Coldest day

1.3 °C

5 February 1950

Wettest day

47 mm

2 November 1967

Windiest day

59.0 km/h

22 January 2004

Strongest gust

96.1 km/h

22 January 2004

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

31 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-6.1 °C

5 February 1950

Snowiest day

4.0 cm

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.0 °C13 August 2025	5.2 °C23 February 2025	21.2 °C	177 mm	98
2024	37.7 °C15 June 2024	8.8 °C1 February 2024	21.8 °C	280 mm	116
2023	35.7 °C26 July 2023	7.8 °C9 February 2023	21.7 °C	210 mm	89
2022	34.0 °C28 July 2022	6.5 °C13 March 2022	21.2 °C	215 mm	92
2021	35.8 °C4 August 2021	7.5 °C17 February 2021	21.7 °C	154 mm	82
2020	36.0 °C4 September 2020	6.4 °C10 February 2020	21.6 °C	312 mm	104
2019	34.2 °C30 May 2019	8.2 °C8 January 2019	21.7 °C	388 mm	104
2018	35.2 °C24 July 2018	9.7 °C20 January 2018	22.3 °C	265 mm	105
2017	36.1 °C1 July 2017	6.3 °C29 January 2017	21.4 °C	115 mm	93
2016	34.6 °C21 June 2016	5.3 °C26 January 2016	21.6 °C	119 mm	98
2015	35.1 °C3 August 2015	4.9 °C20 February 2015	21.2 °C	214 mm	82
2014	37.1 °C28 June 2014	8.4 °C5 February 2014	21.2 °C	219 mm	84
2013	34.5 °C17 August 2013	6.1 °C9 January 2013	21.2 °C	165 mm	89
2012	36.0 °C12 August 2012	5.7 °C20 January 2012	21.2 °C	242 mm	102
2011	34.4 °C28 July 2011	6.2 °C11 March 2011	20.7 °C	240 mm	86
2010	37.2 °C1 August 2010	7.2 °C5 February 2010	21.9 °C	167 mm	99
2009	34.3 °C27 July 2009	6.7 °C1 January 2009	21.3 °C	249 mm	98
2008	34.0 °C15 July 2008	6.4 °C19 February 2008	21.2 °C	123 mm	93
2007	36.4 °C29 July 2007	6.3 °C7 February 2007	21.0 °C	226 mm	90
2006	35.8 °C5 June 2006	6.2 °C29 December 2006	20.6 °C	168 mm	94
2005	34.2 °C28 July 2005	7.2 °C10 February 2005	20.6 °C	143 mm	82
2004	36.5 °C14 July 2004	5.3 °C22 February 2004	20.7 °C	256 mm	89
2003	37.2 °C6 July 2003	5.4 °C24 February 2003	21.1 °C	261 mm	91
2002	38.6 °C31 July 2002	7.2 °C9 January 2002	21.3 °C	248 mm	94
2001	35.1 °C25 August 2001	8.0 °C21 February 2001	21.5 °C	223 mm	100
2000	35.8 °C12 July 2000	6.8 °C27 January 2000	20.9 °C	218 mm	92
1999	35.1 °C19 August 1999	6.7 °C19 January 1999	21.6 °C	117 mm	95
1998	37.1 °C9 August 1998	7.8 °C19 March 1998	21.3 °C	149 mm	91
1997	34.1 °C21 June 1997	5.2 °C5 February 1997	20.1 °C	167 mm	65
1996	34.4 °C2 August 1996	6.0 °C24 January 1996	20.5 °C	239 mm	76
1995	35.9 °C27 June 1995	8.8 °C18 January 1995	20.3 °C	99 mm	78
1994	35.1 °C16 August 1994	9.0 °C3 December 1994	20.8 °C	286 mm	92
1993	34.5 °C31 August 1993	4.4 °C9 February 1993	19.9 °C	175 mm	74
1992	34.7 °C3 September 1992	4.2 °C24 February 1992	19.0 °C	242 mm	53
1991	32.8 °C27 July 1991	7.0 °C3 February 1991	20.0 °C	344 mm	59
1990	33.6 °C28 May 1990	7.6 °C8 January 1990	20.3 °C	121 mm	68
1989	34.2 °C15 July 1989	5.5 °C12 February 1989	20.0 °C	190 mm	56
1988	35.4 °C7 July 1988	6.5 °C24 February 1988	20.0 °C	235 mm	85
1987	36.2 °C7 August 1987	6.8 °C28 December 1987	19.8 °C	196 mm	77
1986	33.9 °C18 July 1986	8.3 °C19 January 1986	20.1 °C	212 mm	73
1985	35.8 °C25 August 1985	5.1 °C21 February 1985	19.9 °C	229 mm	72
1984	34.0 °C2 July 1984	8.7 °C14 March 1984	19.8 °C	246 mm	60
1983	34.7 °C26 July 1983	5.2 °C26 February 1983	19.4 °C	156 mm	64
1982	34.3 °C12 August 1982	7.2 °C4 February 1982	19.5 °C	158 mm	67
1981	34.3 °C27 August 1981	8.2 °C25 January 1981	20.1 °C	277 mm	72
1980	34.0 °C30 May 1980	5.3 °C30 January 1980	19.7 °C	155 mm	67
1979	33.4 °C5 July 1979	7.0 °C5 January 1979	20.3 °C	242 mm	63
1978	36.0 °C9 July 1978	8.6 °C17 February 1978	20.1 °C	227 mm	65
1977	35.2 °C10 July 1977	7.1 °C4 March 1977	20.0 °C	213 mm	66
1976	32.5 °C17 August 1976	4.4 °C10 February 1976	19.7 °C	266 mm	38
1975	32.4 °C20 July 1975	5.5 °C11 February 1975	19.7 °C	314 mm	47
1974	35.8 °C22 July 1974	5.3 °C17 January 1974	19.9 °C	332 mm	61
1973	35.5 °C25 July 1973	4.5 °C14 January 1973	19.9 °C	116 mm	62
1972	34.1 °C18 September 1972	6.6 °C6 February 1972	19.4 °C	356 mm	40
1971	33.6 °C17 June 1971	6.4 °C13 February 1971	19.8 °C	286 mm	50
1970	35.5 °C12 August 1970	7.4 °C11 December 1970	20.2 °C	180 mm	64
1969	33.5 °C2 June 1969	4.2 °C28 January 1969	20.0 °C	304 mm	53
1968	34.8 °C10 July 1968	4.9 °C31 January 1968	20.1 °C	262 mm	37
1967	33.0 °C18 July 1967	5.3 °C20 January 1967	19.5 °C	309 mm	48
1966	34.7 °C29 August 1966	8.5 °C19 December 1966	20.7 °C	300 mm	64
1965	34.3 °C10 July 1965	8.0 °C10 January 1965	20.0 °C	228 mm	77
1964	34.4 °C7 July 1964	2.8 °C18 January 1964	19.8 °C	344 mm	65
1963	35.2 °C19 August 1963	8.4 °C31 December 1963	20.7 °C	200 mm	76
1962	37.5 °C9 August 1962	7.0 °C21 February 1962	21.0 °C	212 mm	88
1961	34.5 °C26 July 1961	6.1 °C28 February 1961	20.1 °C	226 mm	71
1960	36.5 °C4 July 1960	7.0 °C5 February 1960	21.1 °C	158 mm	79
1959	32.7 °C1 August 1959	5.4 °C15 February 1959	19.5 °C	106 mm	59
1958	34.9 °C24 August 1958	6.8 °C3 February 1958	20.6 °C	165 mm	66
1957	34.6 °C16 August 1957	7.0 °C1 February 1957	20.1 °C	302 mm	70
1956	37.2 °C22 July 1956	6.7 °C31 January 1956	19.9 °C	213 mm	74
1955	33.7 °C2 June 1955	8.8 °C27 January 1955	20.8 °C	245 mm	59
1954	34.7 °C5 August 1954	6.0 °C21 January 1954	20.2 °C	306 mm	70
1953	33.7 °C16 July 1953	6.7 °C28 November 1953	19.6 °C	224 mm	62
1952	34.9 °C23 August 1952	6.5 °C11 January 1952	20.3 °C	257 mm	76
1951	33.8 °C10 August 1951	7.5 °C15 December 1951	20.6 °C	300 mm	77
1950	33.1 °C27 August 1950	1.3 °C5 February 1950	19.8 °C	227 mm	62
1949	32.5 °C8 August 1949	4.3 °C9 February 1949	19.2 °C	355 mm	36
1948	33.2 °C8 July 1948	6.6 °C15 March 1948	19.4 °C	285 mm	58
1947	33.5 °C28 June 1947	8.9 °C24 January 1947	20.5 °C	261 mm	63
1946	33.6 °C25 July 1946	6.9 °C23 January 1946	20.4 °C	180 mm	83
1945	36.4 °C15 August 1945	6.9 °C25 February 1945	19.7 °C	210 mm	76
1944	32.6 °C25 July 1944	5.8 °C15 January 1944	19.7 °C	317 mm	54
1943	33.7 °C31 July 1943	4.8 °C6 March 1943	19.7 °C	253 mm	71
1942	33.9 °C22 June 1942	3.3 °C4 January 1942	19.9 °C	249 mm	65
1941	34.5 °C6 August 1941	6.6 °C31 December 1941	19.9 °C	224 mm	63
1940	36.7 °C18 July 1940	7.7 °C4 March 1940	19.8 °C	269 mm	53

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.6 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

98 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

177 mm

-51 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.7 °C	+2.7 °C	14 mm	-28 mm
Feb	14.3 °C	-1.1 °C	19 mm	-11 mm
Mar	20.1 °C	+2.8 °C	10 mm	-15 mm
Apr	21.1 °C	+0.3 °C	13 mm	-2 mm
May	26.0 °C	+1.1 °C	11 mm	-1 mm
Jun	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	33.0 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.5 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-15 mm
Nov	24.3 °C	+3.2 °C	12 mm	-17 mm
Dec	18.4 °C	+1.5 °C	95 mm	+45 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

23 Feb 2025

Wettest day

28.6 mm

10 Dec 2025

Windiest day

36.2 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.1 °C

23 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Xylofagou?

Xylofagou has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 228 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xylofagou?

The hottest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2002, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Xylofagou?

The coldest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at 1.3 °C.

Does it snow in Xylofagou?

Almost never: Xylofagou sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Xylofagou warmed?

Yes: Xylofagou warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Xylofagou?

The wettest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1967, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Xylofagou?

The windiest day measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with winds reaching 59.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Xylofagou?

The warmest month in Xylofagou is August (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Xylofagou?

Xylofagou receives on average 228 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Xylofagou?

Xylofagou gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xylofagou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xylofagou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, with 4.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Xylofagou?

Yes: Xylofagou has on average 147 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xylofagou?

In Xylofagou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 31 July 2002, and the lowest was -6.1 °C on 5 February 1950.

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