Climate averages 1991–2020
Volos 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 Volos: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lárisa (54 km away). In December its highs average 10.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Volos, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Volos ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 12.4°C; Volos is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 101 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Lárisa in DecemberGreece · 54 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in DecemberGreece · 141 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Évosmos in DecemberGreece · 145 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Acharnés in DecemberGreece · 158 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Pátra in DecemberGreece · 163 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Khalándrion in DecemberGreece · 167 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Athens in DecemberGreece · 168 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Piraeus in DecemberGreece · 170 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 58 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.