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Corinth climate by month
What the weather is like
Corinth 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 32° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 356 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (55 mm, 12 wet days) and August the driest (6 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in August to 40% 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, Corinth is 2.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 3% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 33 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 | 13° | 14° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 14° |
| Average low | 8° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 55 mm | 42 mm | 39 mm | 25 mm | 15 mm | 5 mm | 4 mm | 6 mm | 15 mm | 35 mm | 58 mm | 57 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3 | 2.4 | 6 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 10.6 |
| Cloud cover | 38% | 34% | 32% | 26% | 20% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 11% | 25% | 35% | 40% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 20° | 17° |
| Daylight | 9h 49 | 10h 48 | 11h 55 | 13h 10 | 14h 13 | 14h 47 | 14h 33 | 13h 39 | 12h 28 | 11h 16 | 10h 09 | 9h 33 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | ●● | ● | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 45 | 54 | 72 | 86 | 87 | 68 | 62 | 63 | 72 | 85 | 78 | 52 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent