Kilkis climate — normals and trends
Kilkis (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 587 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kilkis averages 37 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Kilkis has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 47 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.5 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -19.1 °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
KilkisCentral Macedonia
- coords
- 40.99°, 22.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
587mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
77 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.5 cm
Average feels-like high
19.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
45.5 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-19.1 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
71 mm
15 March 1962
Windiest day
36.0 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
19 November 1979
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-23.7 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
16 December 1988
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 39 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 9.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 29 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 77 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 19.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 72 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 107 mm | +61 mm |
| Jun | 33.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 36.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 33.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 23 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 29.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 82 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 176 mm | +99 mm |
| Dec | 12.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 118 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kilkis?
Kilkis has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 587 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kilkis?
The hottest day measured in Kilkis between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 45.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kilkis?
The coldest day measured in Kilkis between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kilkis?
Yes. Kilkis gets on average 25.5 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Kilkis warmed?
Yes: Kilkis warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kilkis?
The wettest day measured in Kilkis between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1962, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kilkis?
The windiest day measured in Kilkis between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 36.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kilkis?
The warmest month in Kilkis is July (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kilkis?
Kilkis receives on average 587 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kilkis?
Kilkis 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 Kilkis?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kilkis between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1988, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kilkis?
Yes: Kilkis has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kilkis?
In Kilkis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -23.7 °C on 25 January 1942.
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