Eleftheres climate — normals and trends
Eleftheres (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 702 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Eleftheres averages 6 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Eleftheres has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 10 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 18 July 2024) and the coldest -9.9 °C (on 3 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
EleftheresEast Macedonia and Thrace
- coords
- 40.85°, 24.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
17.5°C
Average daily low
12.9°C
Annual rainfall
702mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
77 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
34.4 °C
18 July 2024
Coldest day
-9.9 °C
3 January 1942
Wettest day
97 mm
15 October 2021
Windiest day
53.4 km/h
28 October 1978
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
18 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-14.9 °C
3 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
7 March 1949
Sunniest day
14.9 h
22 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 45 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 8.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 34 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 68 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 65 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 59 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 24 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 17 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 121 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 170 mm | +83 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 144 mm | +41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eleftheres?
Eleftheres has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 702 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eleftheres?
The hottest day measured in Eleftheres between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2024, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eleftheres?
The coldest day measured in Eleftheres between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -9.9 °C.
Does it snow in Eleftheres?
Yes. Eleftheres gets on average 15.9 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Eleftheres warmed?
Yes: Eleftheres warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eleftheres?
The wettest day measured in Eleftheres between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2021, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eleftheres?
The windiest day measured in Eleftheres between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1978, with winds reaching 53.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eleftheres?
The warmest month in Eleftheres is August (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Eleftheres?
Eleftheres receives on average 702 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eleftheres?
Eleftheres gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eleftheres?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eleftheres between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1949, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eleftheres?
Yes: Eleftheres has on average 77 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eleftheres?
In Eleftheres, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 18 July 2024, and the lowest was -14.9 °C on 3 January 1942.
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