Karditsa climate — normals and trends
Karditsa (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 907 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Karditsa averages 41 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Karditsa 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 48 to 34 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -23.1 °C (on 2 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
KarditsaThessaly
- coords
- 39.36°, 21.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
907mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
9.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
41 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.8 °C
Average peak gust
26.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-23.1 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
258 mm
6 September 2023
Windiest day
31.6 km/h
23 May 2013
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
24 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-28.6 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
39.0 cm
11 March 1987
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 88 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 100 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 87 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 103 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 79 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 31.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 9 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 17 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 19 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 96 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 16.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 86 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 11.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 158 mm | +34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karditsa?
Karditsa has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 907 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karditsa?
The hottest day measured in Karditsa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karditsa?
The coldest day measured in Karditsa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -23.1 °C.
Does it snow in Karditsa?
Yes. Karditsa gets on average 84.2 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.
Has the climate of Karditsa warmed?
Yes: Karditsa warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karditsa?
The wettest day measured in Karditsa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2023, with 258 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karditsa?
The windiest day measured in Karditsa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2013, with winds reaching 31.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karditsa?
The warmest month in Karditsa is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Karditsa?
Karditsa receives on average 907 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karditsa?
Karditsa 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 Karditsa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karditsa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1987, with 39.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karditsa?
Yes: Karditsa has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karditsa?
In Karditsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -28.6 °C on 2 January 1942.
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