Poti climate — normals and trends
Poti (Georgia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,522 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Poti averages 13 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Poti has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 21 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 3 September 2022) and the coldest -14.8 °C (on 14 January 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
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- coords
- 42.14°, 41.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,522mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.8 °C
Average feels-like low
10.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
53 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001
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
40.2 °C
3 September 2022
Coldest day
-14.8 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
120 mm
3 August 2004
Windiest day
55.8 km/h
6 January 1969
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
6 January 1969
Hottest feels-like
45.3 °C
25 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-20.5 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
13.5 cm
17 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.6 h
28 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 105 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 8.1 °C | -2.2 °C | 141 mm | +28 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 82 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 124 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 79 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 96 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 116 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 30.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 75 mm | -72 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 300 mm | +145 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 161 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 8 mm | -123 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 204 mm | +65 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poti?
Poti has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,522 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poti?
The hottest day measured in Poti between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2022, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poti?
The coldest day measured in Poti between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -14.8 °C.
Does it snow in Poti?
Yes. Poti gets on average 23.9 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Poti warmed?
Yes: Poti warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poti?
The wettest day measured in Poti between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2004, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poti?
The windiest day measured in Poti between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1969, with winds reaching 55.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poti?
The warmest month in Poti is August (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Poti?
Poti receives on average 1,522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poti?
Poti gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Poti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poti between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1968, with 13.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Poti?
Yes: Poti has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poti?
In Poti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 25 July 2018, and the lowest was -20.5 °C on 14 January 1950.
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