Thebes climate — normals and trends
Thebes (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 443 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Thebes averages 9 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Thebes has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 26 June 2007) and the coldest -10.6 °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
ThebesCentral Greece
- coords
- 38.33°, 23.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
443mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
43.4 °C
26 June 2007
Coldest day
-10.6 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
101 mm
26 March 1998
Windiest day
38.8 km/h
29 April 1987
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
44.7 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-15.0 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
55.3 cm
26 March 1998
Sunniest day
14.7 h
16 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 54 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 10.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 53 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 17.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 51 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 34 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 6 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 13 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 29.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 50 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 19.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 46 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 14.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 61 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Thebes?
Thebes has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 443 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Thebes?
The hottest day measured in Thebes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 2007, reaching 43.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Thebes?
The coldest day measured in Thebes between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -10.6 °C.
Does it snow in Thebes?
Yes. Thebes gets on average 16.8 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Thebes warmed?
Yes: Thebes warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Thebes?
The wettest day measured in Thebes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1998, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Thebes?
The windiest day measured in Thebes between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1987, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Thebes?
The warmest month in Thebes is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Thebes?
Thebes receives on average 443 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Thebes?
Thebes 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 Thebes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Thebes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1998, with 55.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Thebes?
Yes: Thebes has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Thebes?
In Thebes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -15.0 °C on 2 January 1942.
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