Alexandroupoli climate — normals and trends
Alexandroupoli (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 686 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 July (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Alexandroupoli averages 13 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Alexandroupoli has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 3 August 2021) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 25 January 1942).
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
AlexandroupoliEast Macedonia and Thrace
- coords
- 40.85°, 25.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
686mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
22.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.2 °C
Average feels-like low
10.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
73 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °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
37.2 °C
3 August 2021
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
98 mm
12 January 2021
Windiest day
60.5 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
23 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-18.6 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
25 December 1986
Sunniest day
14.7 h
1 July 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 46 mm | -43 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 22 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 35 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 88 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 1 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 32.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 4 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 115 mm | +47 mm |
| Nov | 17.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 178 mm | +75 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -69 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alexandroupoli?
Alexandroupoli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alexandroupoli?
The hottest day measured in Alexandroupoli between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2021, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alexandroupoli?
The coldest day measured in Alexandroupoli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Alexandroupoli?
Yes. Alexandroupoli gets on average 19.3 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Alexandroupoli warmed?
Yes: Alexandroupoli warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alexandroupoli?
The wettest day measured in Alexandroupoli between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2021, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alexandroupoli?
The windiest day measured in Alexandroupoli between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 60.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alexandroupoli?
The warmest month in Alexandroupoli is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Alexandroupoli?
Alexandroupoli receives on average 686 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alexandroupoli?
Alexandroupoli gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alexandroupoli?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alexandroupoli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1986, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alexandroupoli?
Yes: Alexandroupoli has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alexandroupoli?
In Alexandroupoli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 23 July 2025, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 11 January 1940.
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