Climate averages 1991–2020
Pátra weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Pátra: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volos (163 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Pátra, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Pátra ranks joint 9th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 24.6°C; Pátra is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Volos in MayGreece · 163 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Lárisa in MayGreece · 165 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Piraeus in MayGreece · 171 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Acharnés in MayGreece · 176 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Athens in MayGreece · 177 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Glyfáda in MayGreece · 182 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Khalándrion in MayGreece · 182 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in MayGreece · 285 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 68 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.