Kalambaka climate — normals and trends
Kalambaka (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 695 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kalambaka averages 45 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Kalambaka has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 55 to 35 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 22 July 2025) and the coldest -18.3 °C (on 4 January 1940).
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
KalambakaThessaly
- coords
- 39.70°, 21.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
19.2°C
Average daily low
8.8°C
Annual rainfall
695mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
57 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °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
41.9 °C
22 July 2025
Coldest day
-18.3 °C
4 January 1940
Wettest day
87 mm
3 September 1964
Windiest day
28.6 km/h
8 February 2022
Strongest gust
86.4 km/h
24 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-23.6 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
31.9 cm
2 December 1983
Sunniest day
14.8 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 72 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 8.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 74 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 64 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 88 mm | +33 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 65 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 10 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 20 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 15 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 96 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 96 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 11.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 132 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kalambaka?
Kalambaka has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kalambaka?
The hottest day measured in Kalambaka between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2025, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kalambaka?
The coldest day measured in Kalambaka between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1940, at -18.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kalambaka?
Yes. Kalambaka gets on average 61.7 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Kalambaka warmed?
Yes: Kalambaka warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kalambaka?
The wettest day measured in Kalambaka between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1964, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kalambaka?
The windiest day measured in Kalambaka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2022, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kalambaka?
The warmest month in Kalambaka is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kalambaka?
Kalambaka receives on average 695 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kalambaka?
Kalambaka gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kalambaka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kalambaka between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1983, with 31.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kalambaka?
Yes: Kalambaka has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kalambaka?
In Kalambaka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -23.6 °C on 2 January 1942.
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