Climate averages 1991–2020
Volos weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Volos: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lárisa (54 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, 2.6°C warmer than Volos, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Volos ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 31.7°C; Volos is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 63 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
Volos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 11.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 85 | 10.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 6.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 44 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 19 | 3.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 26 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 24 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 63 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 88 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 12.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 11.6 | 9.59 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
- Lárisa in AugustGreece · 54 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in AugustGreece · 141 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Évosmos in AugustGreece · 145 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Acharnés in AugustGreece · 158 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Pátra in AugustGreece · 163 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Khalándrion in AugustGreece · 167 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Athens in AugustGreece · 168 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Piraeus in AugustGreece · 170 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.4 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 Volos) is explained once on the Volos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.