Giannitsá climate — normals and trends
Giannitsá (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 615 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 (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Giannitsá averages 40 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Giannitsá has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 50 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -18.6 °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
GiannitsáCentral Macedonia
- coords
- 40.79°, 22.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
615mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
24.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
37 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
43.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-18.6 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
93 mm
9 October 1955
Windiest day
32.4 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
82.1 km/h
19 November 1979
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-23.1 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
16 December 1988
Sunniest day
14.9 h
26 June 2025
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 | 11.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 10.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 41 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 74 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 19.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 69 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 95 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 34.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 1 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 36.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 12 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 21 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 82 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 132 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 158 mm | +78 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Giannitsá?
Giannitsá has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 615 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giannitsá?
The hottest day measured in Giannitsá between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Giannitsá?
The coldest day measured in Giannitsá between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -18.6 °C.
Does it snow in Giannitsá?
Yes. Giannitsá gets on average 28.0 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Giannitsá warmed?
Yes: Giannitsá warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Giannitsá?
The wettest day measured in Giannitsá between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1955, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Giannitsá?
The windiest day measured in Giannitsá between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Giannitsá?
The warmest month in Giannitsá is July (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Giannitsá?
Giannitsá receives on average 615 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Giannitsá?
Giannitsá gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Giannitsá?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Giannitsá between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1988, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Giannitsá?
Yes: Giannitsá has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giannitsá?
In Giannitsá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -23.1 °C on 14 January 1950.
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