Corfu climate — normals and trends
Corfu (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 1,313 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Corfu averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Corfu has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 12 August 2025) and the coldest -2.2 °C (on 14 January 1968).
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
CorfuIonian Islands
- coords
- 39.62°, 19.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
16.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,313mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.9 °C
Average feels-like low
15.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
114 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
32.9 °C
12 August 2025
Coldest day
-2.2 °C
14 January 1968
Wettest day
133 mm
8 September 2003
Windiest day
60.5 km/h
30 November 1990
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
30 November 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
19 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-8.4 °C
14 January 1968
Snowiest day
9.2 cm
6 March 1949
Sunniest day
14.5 h
14 June 2012
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 | 14.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 148 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 158 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 10 mm | -60 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 56 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 37 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | -71 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 236 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 652 mm | +391 mm |
| Dec | 15.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 100 mm | -130 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Corfu?
Corfu has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 1,313 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Corfu?
The hottest day measured in Corfu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Corfu?
The coldest day measured in Corfu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, at -2.2 °C.
Does it snow in Corfu?
Almost never: Corfu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Corfu warmed?
Yes: Corfu warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Corfu?
The wettest day measured in Corfu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 2003, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Corfu?
The windiest day measured in Corfu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1990, with winds reaching 60.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Corfu?
The warmest month in Corfu is August (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Corfu?
Corfu receives on average 1,313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Corfu?
Corfu gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Corfu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Corfu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1949, with 9.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Corfu?
Yes: Corfu has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Corfu?
In Corfu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 19 July 2024, and the lowest was -8.4 °C on 14 January 1968.
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