Volos climate — normals and trends
Volos (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 820 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Volos averages 1 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Volos has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 25 July 2007) and the coldest -5.5 °C (on 14 January 1968).
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
VolosThessaly
- coords
- 39.37°, 22.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
820mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
24.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.3 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
99 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
36.5 °C
25 July 2007
Coldest day
-5.5 °C
14 January 1968
Wettest day
240 mm
23 August 1990
Windiest day
55.3 km/h
6 February 2012
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
7 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-12.9 °C
14 January 1968
Snowiest day
35.2 cm
13 January 1953
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 1940
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 | 12.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 88 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 9.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 102 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 50 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 70 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 16 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 21 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 12 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 24 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | 19.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 91 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 76 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 178 mm | +57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volos?
Volos has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 820 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volos?
The hottest day measured in Volos between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2007, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volos?
The coldest day measured in Volos between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, at -5.5 °C.
Does it snow in Volos?
Yes. Volos gets on average 24.9 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Volos warmed?
Yes: Volos warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volos?
The wettest day measured in Volos between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1990, with 240 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volos?
The windiest day measured in Volos between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2012, with winds reaching 55.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volos?
The warmest month in Volos is August (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Volos?
Volos receives on average 820 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volos?
Volos 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 Volos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volos between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1953, with 35.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volos?
Yes: Volos has on average 99 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volos?
In Volos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -12.9 °C on 14 January 1968.
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