Tripoli climate — normals and trends
Tripoli (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 555 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tripoli averages 24 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Tripoli has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -15.7 °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
TripoliPeloponnese
- coords
- 37.51°, 22.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
555mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
44 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
32.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
40.5 °C
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-15.7 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
87 mm
29 October 1986
Windiest day
33.3 km/h
22 November 2008
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
22 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
9 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-20.0 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
33.4 cm
26 March 1998
Sunniest day
14.6 h
14 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 60 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 9.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 45 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 32 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 60 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 38 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 16 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 19.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 86 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 17.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 100 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tripoli?
Tripoli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tripoli?
The hottest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tripoli?
The coldest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -15.7 °C.
Does it snow in Tripoli?
Yes. Tripoli gets on average 32.6 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Tripoli warmed?
Yes: Tripoli warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tripoli?
The wettest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1986, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tripoli?
The windiest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2008, with winds reaching 33.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tripoli?
The warmest month in Tripoli is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Tripoli?
Tripoli receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tripoli?
Tripoli 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 Tripoli?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1998, with 33.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tripoli?
Yes: Tripoli has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tripoli?
In Tripoli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 9 July 1988, and the lowest was -20.0 °C on 2 January 1942.
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