Corinth climate — normals and trends
Corinth (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 378 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Corinth averages 1 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.
Corinth 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 39.7 °C (on 23 August 1958) and the coldest -3.5 °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
CorinthPeloponnese
- coords
- 37.94°, 22.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
14.3°C
Annual rainfall
378mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
60 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.4 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
13.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
92 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
39.7 °C
23 August 1958
Coldest day
-3.5 °C
14 January 1968
Wettest day
89 mm
26 March 1998
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
24 January 1949
Strongest gust
89.6 km/h
4 November 2001
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
9 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-9.8 °C
13 February 2004
Snowiest day
26.7 cm
26 March 1998
Sunniest day
14.6 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 52 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 10.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 45 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 26 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 20 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 66 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 18.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 42 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 14.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 62 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Corinth?
Corinth has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 378 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Corinth?
The hottest day measured in Corinth between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1958, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Corinth?
The coldest day measured in Corinth between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, at -3.5 °C.
Does it snow in Corinth?
Yes. Corinth gets on average 5.4 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Corinth warmed?
Yes: Corinth warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Corinth?
The wettest day measured in Corinth between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1998, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Corinth?
The windiest day measured in Corinth between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1949, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Corinth?
The warmest month in Corinth is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Corinth?
Corinth receives on average 378 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Corinth?
Corinth gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Corinth?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Corinth between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1998, with 26.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Corinth?
Yes: Corinth has on average 92 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Corinth?
In Corinth, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 9 July 1988, and the lowest was -9.8 °C on 13 February 2004.
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