Climate averages 1991–2020
Pátra weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Pátra: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volos (163 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Pátra, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Pátra ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 12.4°C; Pátra is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 126 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Volos in DecemberGreece · 163 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Lárisa in DecemberGreece · 165 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Piraeus in DecemberGreece · 171 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Acharnés in DecemberGreece · 176 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Athens in DecemberGreece · 177 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Glyfáda in DecemberGreece · 182 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Khalándrion in DecemberGreece · 182 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in DecemberGreece · 285 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 69 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.