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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Xánthi
Xánthi climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean15°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation743 mm101 wet days a year
41.13° N, 24.89° EElevation 81 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goXánthi · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low20° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Xánthi has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 30° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°.
About 743 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (59 mm, 12 wet days) and August the driest (33 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 9% in August to 41% in December.
Compared with Athens, the capital, Xánthi is 4.6° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 9% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 14 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 10° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 66 mm | 68 mm | 60 mm | 52 mm | 59 mm | 63 mm | 46 mm | 33 mm | 35 mm | 57 mm | 94 mm | 110 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.3 | 8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 7 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 7 | 7 | 10.2 |
| Cloud cover | 38% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 27% | 18% | 11% | 9% | 16% | 27% | 38% | 41% |
| Daylight | 9h 32 | 10h 38 | 11h 53 | 13h 18 | 14h 28 | 15h 07 | 14h 52 | 13h 51 | 12h 31 | 11h 10 | 9h 54 | 9h 14 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | – | ● | ● | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 33 | 36 | 47 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 68 | 82 | 84 | 60 | 29 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Xánthi in every month
January33
9° / 2°
66 mm · 9.3 wet days
February36
10° / 2°
68 mm · 8 wet days
March47
13° / 5°
60 mm · 9.3 wet days
April74
17° / 8°
52 mm · 8.4 wet days
May72
22° / 13°
59 mm · 11.9 wet days
June68
27° / 17°
63 mm · 10.9 wet days
July65
30° / 20°
46 mm · 7 wet days
August68
30° / 20°
33 mm · 4.9 wet days
September82
25° / 16°
35 mm · 7.1 wet days
October84
20° / 12°
57 mm · 7 wet days
November60
14° / 7°
94 mm · 7 wet days
December29
10° / 3°
110 mm · 10.2 wet days