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Kythira Island Climate & Temperature

⛺ Kythira Island has a hot mediterranean/ dry-summer subtropical climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa) that is mild with moderate seasonality. Summers are dry and hot due to the domination of subtropical high pressure systems while winters experience moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather due to the polar front. These climates usually occur on the western sides of continents between the latitudes of 30° and 45°. Vegetation is adapted to the dry summers and is fragrant and oily making it susceptible to fire. The typical Mediterranean climate average monthly temperatures in excess of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) in its warmest month and an average in the coldest month between 18 to −3 °C (64 to 27 °F) with at least four months above 10 °C (50 °F). Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa).Mediterranean hot climate (Csa)

🌡️ The mean temperature is 17.6 degrees Celsius (63.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 14.8 °C (26.6°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 541.9 mm (21.3 inches) which is equivalent to 541.9 Litres/m² (13.29 Gallons/ft²).

Kythira Island Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 13.4°C (56.1°F) on average falling to 9.5°C (49.2°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 17.6°C (63.7°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 12.8°C (55.1°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 27.7°C (81.9°F) and average low temperatures are 21.6°C (70.9°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 21.5°C (70.8°F) during the day and lows of 17°C (62.6°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 14:28 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 9:31 long on the 21 of December.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Kythira Island you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Tubuai, French Polynesia where you would find a Tropical wet climate.

🌍Kythira Island, Greece is at 36°16'N, 23°0'E, 167 m (548 ft). Check the location on the map.

Kythira Island Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
13 (55) 13 (55) 14 (58) 17 (63) 22 (71) 26 (79) 29 (84) 29 (83) 26 (78) 21 (70) 18 (64) 15 (58) 20 (68)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
11 (51) 11 (51) 12 (54) 15 (58) 19 (66) 23 (73) 26 (78) 25 (78) 23 (73) 19 (66) 16 (60) 13 (55) 18 (64)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
9 (48) 9 (48) 10 (50) 12 (54) 16 (61) 20 (68) 22 (72) 23 (73) 20 (69) 17 (62) 14 (57) 11 (51) 15 (59)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
103 (4) 68 (3) 60 (2) 28 (1) 11 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 11 (0) 54 (2) 86 (3) 115 (5) 542 (21)
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
9h 59' 10h 48' 11h 54' 13h 05' 14h 04' 14h 35' 14h 21' 13h 30' 12h 22' 11h 11' 10h 12' 9h 43' 12h 00'
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
33.8 43.1 54 65.6 73.9 77.1 74.1 65.8 54.3 42.9 33.7 30.3 54


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