Pýrgos climate — normals and trends
Pýrgos (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 862 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Pýrgos averages 3 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Pýrgos has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -5.8 °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
PýrgosWest Greece
- coords
- 37.68°, 21.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
21.4°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
862mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
59 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
40 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
41.1 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-5.8 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
101 mm
5 November 1961
Windiest day
49.2 km/h
28 February 1990
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
28 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-10.0 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
6.8 cm
24 January 1942
Sunniest day
14.5 h
18 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 98 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 71 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 18.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 47 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 48 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 24.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 22 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 32.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 12 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 33.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 59 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 187 mm | +99 mm |
| Nov | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 216 mm | +85 mm |
| Dec | 15.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 83 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pýrgos?
Pýrgos has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 862 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pýrgos?
The hottest day measured in Pýrgos between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pýrgos?
The coldest day measured in Pýrgos between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -5.8 °C.
Does it snow in Pýrgos?
Yes. Pýrgos gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Pýrgos warmed?
Yes: Pýrgos warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pýrgos?
The wettest day measured in Pýrgos between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1961, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pýrgos?
The windiest day measured in Pýrgos between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1990, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pýrgos?
The warmest month in Pýrgos is August (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Pýrgos?
Pýrgos receives on average 862 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pýrgos?
Pýrgos gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pýrgos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pýrgos between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, with 6.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pýrgos?
Yes: Pýrgos has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pýrgos?
In Pýrgos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -10.0 °C on 2 January 1942.
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