Messini climate by month
What the weather is like
Messini 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 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 756 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (111 mm, 13 wet days) and August the driest (9 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in July to 34% 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, Messini is 2.8° 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
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 3% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 38 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 | 15° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 16° |
| Average low | 6° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 111 mm | 86 mm | 66 mm | 44 mm | 22 mm | 8 mm | 6 mm | 9 mm | 33 mm | 75 mm | 143 mm | 153 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.1 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 7 | 6 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 12.6 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 32% | 29% | 25% | 19% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 22% | 32% | 34% |
| Sea temperature | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 18° |
| Daylight | 9h 53 | 10h 50 | 11h 55 | 13h 08 | 14h 08 | 14h 41 | 14h 28 | 13h 36 | 12h 27 | 11h 17 | 10h 13 | 9h 38 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ●● | ●● | ● | – | – | – | ● | – | – |
| Month score | 52 | 57 | 74 | 84 | 86 | 72 | 65 | 65 | 71 | 81 | 75 | 60 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent