Playiárion climate — normals and trends
Playiárion (Greece) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 630 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Playiárion averages 8 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Playiárion 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 14 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 7 July 1988) and the coldest -13.5 °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
PlayiárionCentral Macedonia
- coords
- 40.47°, 22.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
13.0°C
Annual rainfall
630mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.1 °C
Average feels-like low
11.9 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
36.6 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest day
-13.5 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
73 mm
8 October 2006
Windiest day
44.9 km/h
15 February 2005
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-18.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
32.4 cm
16 December 1988
Sunniest day
14.9 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 41 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 34 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 110 mm | +60 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 110 mm | +54 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 33 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 21 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 90 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 16.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 114 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 12.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 144 mm | +66 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Playiárion?
Playiárion has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Playiárion?
The hottest day measured in Playiárion between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1988, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Playiárion?
The coldest day measured in Playiárion between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -13.5 °C.
Does it snow in Playiárion?
Yes. Playiárion gets on average 21.5 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Playiárion warmed?
Yes: Playiárion warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Playiárion?
The wettest day measured in Playiárion between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2006, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Playiárion?
The windiest day measured in Playiárion between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2005, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Playiárion?
The warmest month in Playiárion is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Playiárion?
Playiárion receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Playiárion?
Playiárion 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 Playiárion?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Playiárion between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1988, with 32.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Playiárion?
Yes: Playiárion has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Playiárion?
In Playiárion, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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