Climate averages 1991–2020
Pátra weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pátra: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volos (163 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, 1.8°C cooler than Pátra, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Pátra ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 31.7°C; Pátra is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pátra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 118 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 12.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 111 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 99 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 70 | 9.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 23 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 13 | 3.3 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 14 | 3.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 51 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 74 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 123 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 12.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 126 | 13.1 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Volos in AugustGreece · 163 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Lárisa in AugustGreece · 165 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Piraeus in AugustGreece · 171 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Acharnés in AugustGreece · 176 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Athens in AugustGreece · 177 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Glyfáda in AugustGreece · 182 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Khalándrion in AugustGreece · 182 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in AugustGreece · 285 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 43 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pátra) is explained once on the Pátra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.