Drama climate — normals and trends
Drama (Greece) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 975 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Drama averages 74 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Drama has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 22 August 1952) and the coldest -23.4 °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
DramaEast Macedonia and Thrace
- coords
- 41.15°, 24.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
975mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
7.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
26.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.0 °C
22 August 1952
Coldest day
-23.4 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
94 mm
29 March 1971
Windiest day
30.2 km/h
15 February 2005
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
3 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
7 March 1949
Sunniest day
14.9 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 48 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 52 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 72 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 127 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 149 mm | +44 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 45 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 33 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 41 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 23 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 101 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 214 mm | +117 mm |
| Dec | 9.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 85 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Drama?
Drama has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Drama?
The hottest day measured in Drama between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1952, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Drama?
The coldest day measured in Drama between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -23.4 °C.
Does it snow in Drama?
Yes. Drama gets on average 55.9 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Drama warmed?
Yes: Drama warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Drama?
The wettest day measured in Drama between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1971, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Drama?
The windiest day measured in Drama between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2005, with winds reaching 30.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Drama?
The warmest month in Drama is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Drama?
Drama receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Drama?
Drama gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Drama?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Drama between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1949, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Drama?
Yes: Drama has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Drama?
In Drama, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 3 January 1942.
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