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Corfu climate by month
What the weather is like
Corfu has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 32° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 1,027 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (174 mm, 14 wet days) and July the driest (9 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in July to 37% in December.
The sea reaches about 26° 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 Athens, the capital, Corfu is 2.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · August
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 4% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 23 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 | 14° | 14° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 28° | 23° | 19° | 15° |
| Average low | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Precipitation | 101 mm | 116 mm | 96 mm | 65 mm | 38 mm | 21 mm | 9 mm | 24 mm | 87 mm | 124 mm | 172 mm | 174 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 12.8 | 13.7 |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 32% | 30% | 29% | 23% | 12% | 4% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 35% | 37% |
| Sea temperature | 16° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 17° |
| Daylight | 9h 40 | 10h 43 | 11h 54 | 13h 14 | 14h 21 | 14h 57 | 14h 43 | 13h 45 | 12h 29 | 11h 12 | 10h 01 | 9h 23 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | – | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 46 | 49 | 66 | 79 | 83 | 68 | 63 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 68 | 50 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent