Xánthi climate — normals and trends
Xánthi (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 925 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Xánthi averages 64 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Xánthi has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 52 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -20.7 °C (on 25 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
XánthiEast Macedonia and Thrace
- coords
- 41.13°, 24.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
16.6°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
925mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
64 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
36.9 °C
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-20.7 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
109 mm
29 October 2012
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-25.7 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
40.0 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
22 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 45 mm | -43 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 23 mm | -62 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 66 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 92 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 108 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 14 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 16 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 132 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 250 mm | +146 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 75 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xánthi?
Xánthi has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 925 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xánthi?
The hottest day measured in Xánthi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xánthi?
The coldest day measured in Xánthi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -20.7 °C.
Does it snow in Xánthi?
Yes. Xánthi gets on average 60.0 cm of snow per year and has around 64 frost days.
Has the climate of Xánthi warmed?
Yes: Xánthi warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xánthi?
The wettest day measured in Xánthi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xánthi?
The windiest day measured in Xánthi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xánthi?
The warmest month in Xánthi is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Xánthi?
Xánthi receives on average 925 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xánthi?
Xánthi 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 Xánthi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xánthi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 40.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xánthi?
Yes: Xánthi has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xánthi?
In Xánthi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -25.7 °C on 30 December 1941.
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