Pátra climate

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Pátra is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.2 °C. December is the wettest month (132 mm) and August the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pátra averages 897 mm of rain, 123 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Greece · population 168,034 · 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 August 32 °C
Coldest month January 5.2 °C
Driest month August 13 mm
Wettest month December 132 mm
Least cloud July 12 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record February -4.3 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectPátra through the year

Pátra has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 123 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 132 mm against 13 mm in August — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Pátra is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 15 °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	11.6 °C	120 mm	59 %
February	12.3 °C	115 mm	57 %
March	14.9 °C	101 mm	55 %
April	18.6 °C	71 mm	50 %
May	23.4 °C	53 mm	43 %
June	28.3 °C	24 mm	25 %
July	31.4 °C	13 mm	12 %
August	31.9 °C	13 mm	14 %
September	26.8 °C	52 mm	31 %
October	22.2 °C	75 mm	46 %
November	17.2 °C	127 mm	58 %
December	12.9 °C	132 mm	62 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	11.6 °C	5.2 °C	8.2 °C	18.8 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	1
February	12.3 °C	5.2 °C	8.7 °C	24.1 °C	-4.3 °C	0	0	1
March	14.9 °C	6.8 °C	10.9 °C	27.1 °C	-3.2 °C	0	0	0
April	18.6 °C	9.6 °C	14.2 °C	31.6 °C	0.8 °C	1	0	0
May	23.4 °C	13.9 °C	18.8 °C	36.9 °C	7.3 °C	10	1	0
June	28.3 °C	18.3 °C	23.5 °C	37.7 °C	9.7 °C	23	10	0
July	31.4 °C	21.0 °C	26.3 °C	40.9 °C	15.0 °C	31	21	0
August	31.9 °C	21.5 °C	26.6 °C	41.0 °C	15.0 °C	31	23	0
September	26.8 °C	18.3 °C	22.4 °C	35.6 °C	11.1 °C	20	6	0
October	22.2 °C	14.5 °C	18.1 °C	34.1 °C	6.1 °C	6	1	0
November	17.2 °C	10.4 °C	13.6 °C	28.2 °C	1.3 °C	0	0	0
December	12.9 °C	6.8 °C	9.7 °C	22.4 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	120 mm	12	9.8 h/day	59 %	81 %	12 km/h	15.4 °C
February	115 mm	12	11 h/day	57 %	79 %	13 km/h	14.6 °C
March	101 mm	12	12 h/day	55 %	77 %	13 km/h	14.7 °C
April	71 mm	9	13 h/day	50 %	74 %	13 km/h	16.0 °C
May	53 mm	8	14 h/day	43 %	71 %	12 km/h	18.7 °C
June	24 mm	4	15 h/day	25 %	65 %	12 km/h	22.3 °C
July	13 mm	3	15 h/day	12 %	60 %	13 km/h	24.5 °C
August	13 mm	3	14 h/day	14 %	60 %	12 km/h	25.6 °C
September	52 mm	6	12 h/day	31 %	70 %	12 km/h	24.7 °C
October	75 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	76 %	11 km/h	22.5 °C
November	127 mm	10	10 h/day	58 %	81 %	12 km/h	20.1 °C
December	132 mm	13	9.5 h/day	62 %	83 %	12 km/h	17.4 °C

Where Pátra ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	5th of 50	93/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in December	6th of 50	17 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in November	7th of 50	20 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in May	8th of 50	19 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in January	9th of 50	15 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe year-round	9th of 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pátra’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pátra?

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

How hot does Pátra get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 61 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pátra?

December, averaging 132 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is August with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 897 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 Pátra 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
Data point: 38.246°, 21.735° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.