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Protaras climate by month
What the weather is like
Protaras has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 29° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 394 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (93 mm, 12 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 25% in January.
The sea reaches about 28° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Nicosia, the capital, Protaras is 8.4° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · August
- Coldest nights
- 11° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 28° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 49 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 23° | 19° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 93 mm | 64 mm | 32 mm | 13 mm | 9 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 22 mm | 55 mm | 102 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 7 | 11 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 23% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 10% | 20% | 25% |
| Sea temperature | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 19° |
| Daylight | 10h 03 | 10h 55 | 11h 56 | 13h 03 | 13h 59 | 14h 30 | 14h 18 | 13h 30 | 12h 26 | 11h 21 | 10h 21 | 9h 49 |
| Month score | 66 | 73 | 84 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 87 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 84 | 74 |