Afántou climate — normals and trends
Afántou (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 700 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Afántou averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
Afántou has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest 1.9 °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
AfántouSouth Aegean
- coords
- 36.29°, 28.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.5°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
18.5°C
Annual rainfall
700mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
26.0km/h
Seasonal range
13.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
16.9 °C
Average peak gust
39.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
151 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
33.8 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
1.9 °C
5 February 1950
Wettest day
116 mm
30 October 1993
Windiest day
71.2 km/h
6 February 2012
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
6 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
10 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-7.1 °C
3 January 1942
Snowiest day
1.3 cm
25 January 2022
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 May 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 | 16.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 122 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -44 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 22 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 74 mm | +47 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 22 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 83 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 80 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 18.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 192 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Afántou?
Afántou has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Afántou?
The hottest day measured in Afántou between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Afántou?
The coldest day measured in Afántou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at 1.9 °C.
Does it snow in Afántou?
Almost never: Afántou sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Afántou warmed?
Yes: Afántou warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Afántou?
The wettest day measured in Afántou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1993, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Afántou?
The windiest day measured in Afántou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2012, with winds reaching 71.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Afántou?
The warmest month in Afántou is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Afántou?
Afántou receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Afántou?
Afántou gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Afántou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Afántou between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2022, with 1.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Afántou?
Yes: Afántou has on average 151 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Afántou?
In Afántou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 10 August 2025, and the lowest was -7.1 °C on 3 January 1942.
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