Kavala climate — normals and trends
Kavala (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 773 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kavala averages 11 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Kavala 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 18 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 25 August 2007) and the coldest -10.4 °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
KavalaEast Macedonia and Thrace
- coords
- 40.94°, 24.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
773mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
25.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
34.7 °C
25 August 2007
Coldest day
-10.4 °C
3 January 1942
Wettest day
97 mm
5 September 1957
Windiest day
56.9 km/h
13 February 1944
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-15.4 °C
3 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.7 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 | 10.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 43 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 31 mm | -47 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 61 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 69 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 75 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 11 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 9 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 17 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 17.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 111 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 16.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 251 mm | +142 mm |
| Dec | 11.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 119 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kavala?
Kavala has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kavala?
The hottest day measured in Kavala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2007, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kavala?
The coldest day measured in Kavala between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -10.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kavala?
Yes. Kavala gets on average 23.1 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Kavala warmed?
Yes: Kavala warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kavala?
The wettest day measured in Kavala between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1957, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kavala?
The windiest day measured in Kavala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1944, with winds reaching 56.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kavala?
The warmest month in Kavala is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kavala?
Kavala receives on average 773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kavala?
Kavala 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 Kavala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kavala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1949, with 24.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kavala?
Yes: Kavala has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kavala?
In Kavala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -15.4 °C on 3 January 1942.
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