Nicosia climate

Name: Nicosia
Address: CY

Nicosia is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.2 °C. January is the wettest month (54 mm) and July the driest (2.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nicosia averages 345 mm of rain and 183 days above 25 °C.

Cyprus · population 200,452 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 36 °C
Coldest month January 7.2 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month January 54 mm
Least cloud July 3 % cloud
Hottest on record September 44 °C
Coldest on record February 0.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectNicosia through the year

Nicosia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 183 days a year reach 25 °C, 128 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 54 mm against 2 mm in July — 21 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Nicosia is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.7 °C	54 mm	46 %
February	15.6 °C	48 mm	43 %
March	18.8 °C	35 mm	37 %
April	23.2 °C	29 mm	33 %
May	28.3 °C	29 mm	23 %
June	32.9 °C	9 mm	7 %
July	36.1 °C	2 mm	3 %
August	35.8 °C	3 mm	4 %
September	32.3 °C	11 mm	9 %
October	27.2 °C	36 mm	25 %
November	21.1 °C	36 mm	37 %
December	16.5 °C	53 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.7 °C	7.2 °C	10.7 °C	21.6 °C	1.0 °C	0	0
February	15.6 °C	7.3 °C	11.2 °C	25.5 °C	0.1 °C	0	0
March	18.8 °C	9.0 °C	13.7 °C	32.7 °C	3.3 °C	1	0
April	23.2 °C	12.1 °C	17.5 °C	35.4 °C	3.1 °C	9	2
May	28.3 °C	16.4 °C	22.2 °C	41.6 °C	10.9 °C	24	10
June	32.9 °C	20.8 °C	26.8 °C	41.8 °C	13.3 °C	30	25
July	36.1 °C	23.8 °C	29.8 °C	44.1 °C	18.8 °C	31	31
August	35.8 °C	24.0 °C	29.6 °C	43.1 °C	20.1 °C	31	31
September	32.3 °C	21.1 °C	26.3 °C	44.4 °C	14.8 °C	30	24
October	27.2 °C	17.3 °C	21.9 °C	37.9 °C	9.4 °C	24	6
November	21.1 °C	12.9 °C	16.6 °C	29.6 °C	5.0 °C	3	0
December	16.5 °C	9.1 °C	12.5 °C	26.0 °C	2.1 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	54 mm	8	10 h/day	46 %	77 %	15 km/h	17.1 °C
February	48 mm	7	11 h/day	43 %	74 %	15 km/h	16.6 °C
March	35 mm	6	12 h/day	37 %	69 %	15 km/h	16.9 °C
April	29 mm	5	13 h/day	33 %	62 %	15 km/h	18.0 °C
May	29 mm	5	14 h/day	23 %	57 %	15 km/h	20.8 °C
June	9 mm	2	15 h/day	7 %	50 %	15 km/h	24.3 °C
July	2 mm	1	14 h/day	3 %	48 %	15 km/h	27.3 °C
August	3 mm	1	13 h/day	4 %	53 %	15 km/h	28.4 °C
September	11 mm	2	12 h/day	9 %	59 %	14 km/h	27.4 °C
October	36 mm	5	11 h/day	25 %	67 %	13 km/h	25.3 °C
November	36 mm	5	10 h/day	37 %	72 %	13 km/h	22.0 °C
December	53 mm	8	9.8 h/day	47 %	78 %	13 km/h	18.9 °C

How Nicosia compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Nicosia	36 °C	7.2 °C	345 mm	183
Limassol · Cyprus	33 °C	9.4 °C	273 mm	173
Alanya · Turkey	31 °C	5.3 °C	968 mm	139
Mersin · Turkey	31 °C	4.5 °C	522 mm	152
Karaman · Turkey	31 °C	-3.1 °C	322 mm	122
Latakia · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	930 mm	147
Ţarţūs · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	766 mm	156

Where Nicosia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in April	1stof 50	67/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in May	1stof 50	87/100
The warmest places in Europe in April	1stof 50	23 °C
The warmest places in Europe in August	1stof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	1stof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Europe in May	1stof 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Nicosia.

QuestionsCommon questions about Nicosia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nicosia?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Nicosia get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 128 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Nicosia?

January, averaging 54 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 345 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Nicosia rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.