Arta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Arta?

Arta has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,328 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1988, reaching 40.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Arta?

The coldest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -15.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Arta?

Yes. Arta gets on average 31.4 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Arta warmed?

Yes: Arta warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Arta?

The wettest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2021, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Arta?

The windiest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1951, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Arta?

The warmest month in Arta is August (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Arta?

Arta receives on average 1,328 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Arta?

Arta gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Arta (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,328 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Arta averages 28 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.

Arta has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 8 July 1988) and the coldest -15.6 °C (on 30 December 1941).

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

ArtaEpirus

coords: 39.16°, 20.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

13.8°C

Average daily high

19.1°C

Average daily low

9.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,328mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

18.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

28 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

127 d/yr

Annual snowfall

31.4 cm

Average feels-like high

18.9 °C

Average feels-like low

7.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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

40.8 °C

8 July 1988

Coldest day

-15.6 °C

30 December 1941

Wettest day

102 mm

11 December 2021

Windiest day

32.9 km/h

22 March 1951

Strongest gust

114.1 km/h

31 December 1979

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

8 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-20.8 °C

30 December 1941

Snowiest day

28.6 cm

5 February 1991

Sunniest day

14.7 h

21 June 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.8 °C25 July 2025	-0.4 °C11 February 2025	15.7 °C	1,282 mm	76	1
2024	38.0 °C15 August 2024	-2.0 °C23 January 2024	16.0 °C	1,162 mm	83	4
2023	36.8 °C24 July 2023	-3.2 °C11 February 2023	14.9 °C	1,664 mm	53	19
2022	35.1 °C24 July 2022	-6.6 °C26 January 2022	14.7 °C	1,148 mm	58	33
2021	38.3 °C29 July 2021	-8.6 °C16 February 2021	14.8 °C	1,814 mm	59	24
2020	35.2 °C30 July 2020	-4.9 °C9 January 2020	14.6 °C	1,018 mm	67	19
2019	35.9 °C10 August 2019	-7.9 °C6 January 2019	14.9 °C	1,255 mm	66	22
2018	32.5 °C14 July 2018	-2.7 °C12 December 2018	15.0 °C	1,517 mm	34	18
2017	36.1 °C1 July 2017	-7.8 °C9 January 2017	14.3 °C	1,135 mm	56	24
2016	34.1 °C21 June 2016	-4.6 °C19 December 2016	14.5 °C	1,659 mm	44	31
2015	35.3 °C21 July 2015	-6.1 °C8 January 2015	14.4 °C	1,380 mm	50	31
2014	34.0 °C13 August 2014	-2.0 °C28 December 2014	14.3 °C	1,434 mm	23	6
2013	34.3 °C4 August 2013	-5.1 °C9 January 2013	14.5 °C	1,473 mm	38	24
2012	37.1 °C7 August 2012	-5.9 °C18 January 2012	14.3 °C	1,507 mm	71	44
2011	34.3 °C25 August 2011	-5.9 °C26 January 2011	13.8 °C	907 mm	53	28
2010	34.7 °C14 August 2010	-4.8 °C17 December 2010	14.5 °C	1,935 mm	32	18
2009	36.0 °C25 July 2009	-4.4 °C27 February 2009	14.3 °C	1,636 mm	34	21
2008	35.1 °C15 August 2008	-7.0 °C18 February 2008	14.3 °C	949 mm	64	23
2007	39.5 °C24 July 2007	-4.6 °C6 February 2007	14.3 °C	1,163 mm	48	29
2006	36.4 °C19 August 2006	-9.7 °C8 February 2006	13.4 °C	1,239 mm	41	40
2005	33.8 °C2 August 2005	-5.6 °C20 December 2005	13.2 °C	1,589 mm	21	43
2004	33.9 °C10 July 2004	-6.5 °C14 February 2004	13.7 °C	1,369 mm	24	40
2003	35.3 °C19 August 2003	-5.8 °C26 February 2003	14.2 °C	1,280 mm	64	42
2002	34.0 °C15 July 2002	-6.4 °C5 January 2002	13.7 °C	1,208 mm	23	26
2001	35.4 °C10 August 2001	-13.0 °C20 December 2001	13.8 °C	1,045 mm	41	35
2000	37.9 °C5 July 2000	-7.0 °C27 January 2000	13.9 °C	837 mm	42	51
1999	37.0 °C10 August 1999	-4.3 °C4 February 1999	14.2 °C	1,424 mm	28	36
1998	36.3 °C5 August 1998	-4.8 °C25 December 1998	14.0 °C	1,064 mm	42	32
1997	35.1 °C5 July 1997	-5.6 °C4 February 1997	13.4 °C	1,104 mm	16	28
1996	33.2 °C8 July 1996	-5.3 °C19 January 1996	13.3 °C	1,538 mm	23	20
1995	31.6 °C6 July 1995	-5.1 °C18 January 1995	13.3 °C	1,316 mm	13	18
1994	35.8 °C15 August 1994	-5.1 °C17 December 1994	14.5 °C	1,013 mm	60	20
1993	35.3 °C27 August 1993	-6.2 °C7 January 1993	13.4 °C	1,085 mm	35	50
1992	32.5 °C12 August 1992	-6.5 °C3 February 1992	13.1 °C	878 mm	31	57
1991	31.7 °C11 August 1991	-8.6 °C3 February 1991	12.8 °C	1,175 mm	17	47
1990	32.6 °C1 August 1990	-6.3 °C10 January 1990	13.9 °C	940 mm	25	34
1989	32.8 °C21 August 1989	-5.1 °C4 January 1989	13.2 °C	1,101 mm	21	42
1988	40.8 °C8 July 1988	-6.5 °C19 December 1988	13.7 °C	1,037 mm	55	38
1987	37.0 °C22 July 1987	-11.0 °C13 March 1987	13.5 °C	1,395 mm	33	31
1986	31.8 °C3 August 1986	-6.8 °C27 December 1986	13.8 °C	1,078 mm	28	27
1985	34.4 °C31 July 1985	-5.8 °C12 January 1985	14.1 °C	1,340 mm	32	21
1984	33.4 °C2 July 1984	-3.9 °C9 December 1984	13.4 °C	1,039 mm	22	14
1983	32.5 °C25 July 1983	-9.9 °C6 February 1983	13.2 °C	1,119 mm	8	33
1982	35.1 °C27 June 1982	-3.3 °C6 February 1982	13.7 °C	1,185 mm	39	24
1981	35.9 °C4 August 1981	-3.9 °C11 January 1981	13.6 °C	1,435 mm	24	31
1980	35.7 °C11 July 1980	-8.5 °C5 January 1980	13.2 °C	1,549 mm	19	29
1979	34.5 °C5 August 1979	-6.6 °C4 January 1979	13.7 °C	1,742 mm	14	23
1978	34.1 °C14 July 1978	-7.0 °C10 January 1978	13.1 °C	1,471 mm	18	19
1977	34.9 °C30 August 1977	-4.3 °C18 January 1977	14.2 °C	887 mm	34	26
1976	29.6 °C17 July 1976	-4.7 °C9 February 1976	13.1 °C	1,493 mm	0	30
1975	33.9 °C19 July 1975	-4.0 °C28 February 1975	13.5 °C	1,114 mm	13	31
1974	37.0 °C16 July 1974	-4.4 °C16 January 1974	13.5 °C	1,461 mm	33	21
1973	36.3 °C18 July 1973	-5.3 °C15 January 1973	13.6 °C	1,533 mm	25	26
1972	33.6 °C12 August 1972	-1.9 °C7 February 1972	13.5 °C	1,728 mm	22	15
1971	34.4 °C9 August 1971	-4.1 °C13 March 1971	13.5 °C	1,514 mm	25	18
1970	34.1 °C9 August 1970	-4.7 °C18 February 1970	13.9 °C	1,555 mm	30	20
1969	33.0 °C15 August 1969	-2.2 °C29 November 1969	14.1 °C	1,540 mm	25	13
1968	36.5 °C10 July 1968	-12.9 °C14 January 1968	13.9 °C	1,404 mm	20	36
1967	35.5 °C6 August 1967	-6.5 °C18 January 1967	13.7 °C	1,187 mm	33	32
1966	32.7 °C5 August 1966	-9.7 °C9 January 1966	13.7 °C	1,910 mm	13	22
1965	34.6 °C26 July 1965	-6.4 °C8 February 1965	13.0 °C	1,451 mm	23	34
1964	32.4 °C24 August 1964	-7.0 °C18 January 1964	13.3 °C	1,585 mm	12	38
1963	36.0 °C16 August 1963	-9.0 °C26 January 1963	13.9 °C	1,931 mm	34	24
1962	35.9 °C7 August 1962	-4.6 °C8 February 1962	14.0 °C	1,877 mm	54	26
1961	35.5 °C12 August 1961	-6.7 °C23 December 1961	13.9 °C	1,116 mm	30	31
1960	34.1 °C28 August 1960	-4.3 °C3 February 1960	14.0 °C	1,689 mm	32	12
1959	31.6 °C12 August 1959	-5.3 °C7 January 1959	13.0 °C	1,477 mm	11	25
1958	37.8 °C24 August 1958	-2.6 °C27 January 1958	14.1 °C	1,452 mm	41	15
1957	38.9 °C13 August 1957	-5.8 °C2 December 1957	13.8 °C	1,108 mm	30	28
1956	35.3 °C20 August 1956	-9.7 °C9 February 1956	13.1 °C	1,848 mm	48	31
1955	34.1 °C22 July 1955	-5.2 °C5 March 1955	14.0 °C	1,509 mm	10	8
1954	33.6 °C29 July 1954	-4.4 °C25 February 1954	13.3 °C	1,343 mm	28	23
1953	34.7 °C29 July 1953	-4.0 °C10 February 1953	13.5 °C	1,170 mm	47	37
1952	38.8 °C23 August 1952	-6.8 °C11 February 1952	14.9 °C	1,417 mm	75	23
1951	38.8 °C10 August 1951	-3.5 °C23 January 1951	14.6 °C	1,074 mm	58	10
1950	35.6 °C29 August 1950	-4.2 °C14 January 1950	14.9 °C	1,258 mm	73	19
1949	34.8 °C5 August 1949	-11.0 °C9 March 1949	13.4 °C	1,054 mm	34	38
1948	36.6 °C10 August 1948	-4.4 °C29 December 1948	13.7 °C	805 mm	38	43
1947	36.7 °C1 August 1947	-5.3 °C23 January 1947	14.7 °C	1,364 mm	50	21
1946	36.8 °C7 September 1946	-5.6 °C15 February 1946	14.2 °C	1,227 mm	60	36
1945	38.4 °C30 July 1945	-9.0 °C31 January 1945	13.3 °C	1,200 mm	51	51
1944	34.2 °C9 September 1944	-4.5 °C28 December 1944	13.0 °C	1,355 mm	38	40
1943	36.7 °C22 July 1943	-7.7 °C28 January 1943	13.9 °C	972 mm	62	37
1942	34.1 °C20 June 1942	-14.4 °C2 January 1942	13.3 °C	947 mm	35	32
1941	34.8 °C4 August 1941	-15.6 °C30 December 1941	12.6 °C	1,465 mm	33	35
1940	33.0 °C10 August 1940	-7.5 °C4 January 1940	13.0 °C	1,572 mm	28	45

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.0 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

-27

Annual rainfall

1282 mm

-46 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.1 °C	+2.9 °C	121 mm	-51 mm
Feb	11.0 °C	+0.5 °C	81 mm	-72 mm
Mar	16.7 °C	+3.4 °C	98 mm	-27 mm
Apr	18.8 °C	+1.6 °C	64 mm	-39 mm
May	22.7 °C	+0.8 °C	73 mm	-6 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+4.6 °C	16 mm	-26 mm
Jul	33.2 °C	+3.7 °C	6 mm	-15 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+1.5 °C	26 mm	+6 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+2.1 °C	47 mm	-17 mm
Oct	18.5 °C	-1.7 °C	184 mm	+46 mm
Nov	15.6 °C	+0.8 °C	452 mm	+245 mm
Dec	12.7 °C	+2.2 °C	115 mm	-90 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.8 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-0.4 °C

11 Feb 2025

Wettest day

72.3 mm

21 Nov 2025

Windiest day

19.6 km/h

13 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

65.5 km/h

13 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-4.1 °C

11 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

5.7 cm

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.6 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Arta?

Arta has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,328 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arta?

The hottest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1988, reaching 40.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Arta?

The coldest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -15.6 °C.

Does it snow in Arta?

Yes. Arta gets on average 31.4 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.

Has the climate of Arta warmed?

Yes: Arta warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Arta?

The wettest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2021, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Arta?

The windiest day measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1951, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Arta?

The warmest month in Arta is August (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Arta?

Arta receives on average 1,328 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Arta?

Arta 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 Arta?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arta between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1991, with 28.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Arta?

Yes: Arta has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arta?

In Arta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 8 July 1988, and the lowest was -20.8 °C on 30 December 1941.

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