Rhodes climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rhodes?

Rhodes has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,028 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rhodes?

The hottest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 32.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rhodes?

The coldest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1976, at 1.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rhodes?

Almost never: Rhodes sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Rhodes warmed?

Yes: Rhodes warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rhodes?

The wettest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1962, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rhodes?

The windiest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1944, with winds reaching 76.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rhodes?

The warmest month in Rhodes is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rhodes?

Rhodes receives on average 1,028 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rhodes?

Rhodes gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Rhodes (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,028 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Rhodes averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 78 rainy days per year.

Rhodes has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest 1.7 °C (on 9 February 1976).

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

RhodesSouth Aegean

coords: 36.44°, 28.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

20.1°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,028mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

30.0km/h

Seasonal range

12.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

78 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

19.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

41.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

151 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

32.6 °C

26 July 2025

Coldest day

1.7 °C

9 February 1976

Wettest day

136 mm

27 October 1962

Windiest day

76.8 km/h

30 December 1944

Strongest gust

114.8 km/h

6 February 1941

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

10 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.4 °C

9 February 1976

Snowiest day

2.4 cm

25 January 2022

Sunniest day

14.0 h

21 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.6 °C26 July 2025	6.2 °C22 February 2025	20.4 °C	929 mm	3
2024	31.5 °C16 August 2024	9.7 °C29 January 2024	21.0 °C	876 mm	3
2023	31.6 °C23 July 2023	7.0 °C8 February 2023	20.5 °C	774 mm	7
2022	30.1 °C19 August 2022	4.0 °C25 January 2022	19.7 °C	851 mm	1
2021	32.1 °C4 August 2021	5.7 °C17 February 2021	20.1 °C	789 mm	13
2020	30.2 °C22 August 2020	7.6 °C9 February 2020	20.0 °C	935 mm	1
2019	29.3 °C18 August 2019	7.5 °C8 January 2019	20.1 °C	1,386 mm	0
2018	29.2 °C13 July 2018	8.2 °C25 January 2018	20.5 °C	1,061 mm	0
2017	29.4 °C30 June 2017	6.4 °C8 January 2017	19.6 °C	982 mm	0
2016	28.5 °C5 July 2016	5.5 °C1 January 2016	19.9 °C	637 mm	0
2015	29.6 °C6 September 2015	3.6 °C8 January 2015	19.9 °C	1,041 mm	0
2014	30.1 °C24 August 2014	11.6 °C12 March 2014	20.0 °C	1,008 mm	1
2013	29.8 °C28 July 2013	5.4 °C9 January 2013	19.8 °C	999 mm	0
2012	31.2 °C7 August 2012	4.8 °C29 February 2012	19.8 °C	1,363 mm	5
2011	29.7 °C2 September 2011	6.9 °C10 March 2011	19.6 °C	1,223 mm	0
2010	31.0 °C26 August 2010	7.8 °C4 February 2010	20.3 °C	720 mm	2
2009	29.5 °C25 July 2009	7.9 °C23 February 2009	19.8 °C	1,325 mm	0
2008	29.5 °C23 August 2008	5.0 °C18 February 2008	19.6 °C	624 mm	0
2007	30.4 °C24 August 2007	7.9 °C29 January 2007	19.7 °C	742 mm	1
2006	30.4 °C22 August 2006	6.4 °C27 December 2006	19.0 °C	868 mm	3
2005	29.8 °C3 August 2005	7.2 °C7 February 2005	19.0 °C	919 mm	0
2004	29.4 °C19 August 2004	3.3 °C14 February 2004	19.4 °C	1,022 mm	0
2003	30.1 °C19 August 2003	5.9 °C24 March 2003	19.5 °C	1,081 mm	1
2002	29.3 °C12 August 2002	4.4 °C6 January 2002	19.5 °C	987 mm	0
2001	29.1 °C28 July 2001	7.3 °C20 February 2001	19.7 °C	1,328 mm	0
2000	30.3 °C12 July 2000	5.2 °C27 January 2000	19.2 °C	740 mm	1
1999	29.4 °C15 August 1999	7.7 °C20 February 1999	20.0 °C	805 mm	0
1998	31.4 °C5 August 1998	7.8 °C23 March 1998	19.4 °C	1,141 mm	4
1997	30.0 °C4 July 1997	4.3 °C4 February 1997	18.7 °C	1,012 mm	1
1996	28.9 °C7 August 1996	7.5 °C17 January 1996	18.7 °C	1,162 mm	0
1995	28.6 °C11 August 1995	8.9 °C18 January 1995	18.9 °C	806 mm	0
1994	29.7 °C17 August 1994	7.8 °C3 December 1994	19.5 °C	1,203 mm	0
1993	29.3 °C27 August 1993	4.7 °C7 January 1993	18.8 °C	729 mm	0
1992	27.6 °C30 July 1992	5.1 °C24 February 1992	18.2 °C	520 mm	0
1991	29.6 °C11 August 1991	6.0 °C3 February 1991	18.7 °C	1,000 mm	0
1990	28.6 °C29 July 1990	7.5 °C5 January 1990	19.1 °C	552 mm	0
1989	27.6 °C14 July 1989	7.0 °C12 February 1989	18.8 °C	650 mm	0
1988	29.7 °C8 July 1988	7.9 °C23 February 1988	18.8 °C	1,215 mm	0
1987	29.6 °C11 August 1987	4.6 °C6 March 1987	18.5 °C	614 mm	0
1986	29.1 °C16 July 1986	8.0 °C19 January 1986	19.1 °C	981 mm	0
1985	29.8 °C21 August 1985	4.6 °C25 February 1985	19.1 °C	649 mm	0
1984	28.6 °C25 July 1984	9.4 °C13 December 1984	19.0 °C	1,034 mm	0
1983	28.8 °C21 July 1983	3.8 °C19 February 1983	18.6 °C	1,080 mm	0
1982	28.6 °C4 September 1982	6.5 °C5 February 1982	18.8 °C	955 mm	0
1981	28.2 °C27 June 1981	7.0 °C16 February 1981	18.9 °C	1,135 mm	0
1980	29.3 °C10 August 1980	5.7 °C2 March 1980	18.7 °C	728 mm	0
1979	28.4 °C26 September 1979	6.4 °C4 January 1979	19.1 °C	1,001 mm	0
1978	27.8 °C6 July 1978	9.8 °C2 January 1978	18.8 °C	1,340 mm	0
1977	30.4 °C30 July 1977	6.9 °C3 March 1977	19.2 °C	747 mm	1
1976	27.5 °C20 July 1976	1.7 °C9 February 1976	18.5 °C	1,092 mm	0
1975	27.9 °C15 August 1975	5.7 °C10 February 1975	18.6 °C	1,077 mm	0
1974	29.3 °C7 August 1974	5.8 °C17 January 1974	18.7 °C	1,118 mm	0
1973	29.9 °C19 July 1973	4.4 °C14 January 1973	18.7 °C	712 mm	0
1972	27.9 °C31 July 1972	6.1 °C3 February 1972	18.6 °C	959 mm	0
1971	29.8 °C14 August 1971	6.0 °C14 March 1971	18.9 °C	1,307 mm	0
1970	28.8 °C14 August 1970	8.8 °C3 March 1970	19.1 °C	978 mm	0
1969	27.4 °C18 August 1969	3.3 °C28 January 1969	18.9 °C	1,207 mm	0
1968	29.5 °C10 July 1968	3.9 °C15 January 1968	19.1 °C	1,354 mm	0
1967	29.6 °C10 August 1967	4.4 °C19 January 1967	18.9 °C	1,257 mm	0
1966	29.5 °C10 August 1966	8.4 °C19 December 1966	19.7 °C	1,232 mm	0
1965	28.6 °C27 July 1965	7.0 °C5 February 1965	18.8 °C	1,397 mm	0
1964	29.6 °C26 August 1964	2.9 °C18 January 1964	18.9 °C	868 mm	0
1963	31.1 °C14 August 1963	6.5 °C26 January 1963	19.6 °C	1,095 mm	2
1962	30.2 °C2 September 1962	7.3 °C20 February 1962	19.7 °C	1,585 mm	1
1961	29.0 °C22 July 1961	5.1 °C20 January 1961	19.2 °C	1,303 mm	0
1960	30.3 °C15 August 1960	5.6 °C3 February 1960	19.8 °C	1,267 mm	3
1959	28.9 °C12 August 1959	6.1 °C14 February 1959	18.6 °C	914 mm	0
1958	30.9 °C24 August 1958	8.4 °C27 January 1958	19.3 °C	876 mm	3
1957	30.4 °C14 August 1957	7.0 °C1 February 1957	19.0 °C	835 mm	1
1956	28.9 °C23 July 1956	6.2 °C30 January 1956	18.7 °C	957 mm	0
1955	28.7 °C15 August 1955	9.5 °C6 March 1955	19.7 °C	957 mm	0
1954	29.1 °C21 July 1954	6.2 °C20 January 1954	18.9 °C	1,775 mm	0
1953	29.4 °C22 August 1953	4.9 °C7 March 1953	18.8 °C	965 mm	0
1952	30.1 °C14 August 1952	7.2 °C8 January 1952	19.4 °C	1,610 mm	1
1951	29.9 °C10 August 1951	7.4 °C20 December 1951	19.6 °C	1,199 mm	0
1950	30.5 °C26 July 1950	1.8 °C5 February 1950	19.0 °C	840 mm	2
1949	27.8 °C29 July 1949	4.3 °C8 February 1949	18.3 °C	943 mm	0
1948	28.5 °C25 August 1948	5.7 °C28 February 1948	18.7 °C	731 mm	0
1947	29.4 °C2 August 1947	7.4 °C23 January 1947	19.6 °C	1,192 mm	0
1946	29.7 °C5 September 1946	5.8 °C17 February 1946	19.6 °C	1,321 mm	0
1945	29.2 °C13 August 1945	5.9 °C24 February 1945	18.8 °C	1,297 mm	0
1944	28.0 °C21 July 1944	7.5 °C15 January 1944	18.6 °C	1,376 mm	0
1943	28.9 °C18 August 1943	5.3 °C5 March 1943	18.7 °C	935 mm	0
1942	29.3 °C25 July 1942	2.4 °C3 January 1942	19.0 °C	1,412 mm	0
1941	29.5 °C4 August 1941	5.4 °C28 December 1941	18.9 °C	838 mm	0
1940	29.2 °C3 August 1940	6.9 °C3 March 1940	18.9 °C	1,342 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.3 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

3 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

929 mm

-99 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.8 °C	+2.2 °C	164 mm	-58 mm
Feb	14.0 °C	-0.6 °C	85 mm	-62 mm
Mar	17.1 °C	+1.7 °C	27 mm	-56 mm
Apr	17.5 °C	+0.4 °C	95 mm	+58 mm
May	20.4 °C	+0.5 °C	22 mm	+7 mm
Jun	25.1 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	27.8 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	26.9 °C	+1.5 °C	6 mm	-6 mm
Oct	22.5 °C	+0.1 °C	140 mm	+54 mm
Nov	21.3 °C	+2.1 °C	121 mm	-34 mm
Dec	18.1 °C	+1.9 °C	269 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.6 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.2 °C

22 Feb 2025

Wettest day

58.3 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

65.0 km/h

5 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

94.0 km/h

1 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

22 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

19 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rhodes?

Rhodes has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,028 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rhodes?

The hottest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 32.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rhodes?

The coldest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1976, at 1.7 °C.

Does it snow in Rhodes?

Almost never: Rhodes sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Rhodes warmed?

Yes: Rhodes warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Rhodes?

The wettest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1962, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rhodes?

The windiest day measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1944, with winds reaching 76.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rhodes?

The warmest month in Rhodes is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Rhodes?

Rhodes receives on average 1,028 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rhodes?

Rhodes gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rhodes?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rhodes between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2022, with 2.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Rhodes?

Yes: Rhodes has on average 151 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rhodes?

In Rhodes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 10 August 2025, and the lowest was -8.4 °C on 9 February 1976.

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