Climate
Climate in Karpathos
Air temperature, 10 m wind, sunshine hours and rain, month by month. Averages 2016-2025. This is not a trip forecast.
The year
The air is 18 °C or warmer from May to November.
13°
Jan
13°
Feb
14°
Mar
17°
Apr
20°
May
24°
Jun
26°
Jul
26°
Aug
24°
Sep
21°
Oct
18°
Nov
15°
Dec
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air (°C) | 13.1 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 19.9 | 23.7 | 25.8 | 26 | 24.3 | 21.2 | 18.3 | 14.9 |
| Sunshine (h) | 257 | 264 | 320 | 343 | 395 | 417 | 424 | 398 | 357 | 316 | 279 | 265 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 44 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 54 |
| Wind (kn) | 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| Gusts (kn) | 36.5 | 34.7 | 34.9 | 31.7 | 31 | 32.8 | 36.2 | 35 | 33.8 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 33.6 |
| Sea (°C) | 18.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 23.1 | 25.7 | 27.1 | 26.1 | 24.7 | 22.7 | 20 |
Mean wind at 10 m, in knots. Gusts are the mean of each day's peak.
Sea temperature, averages 2022-2026. This is not the 2015-2024 series.
The seasons
Spring
March – May
17°·353 h·24 mm
10 kn·Sea 18°
Summer
June – August
25°·413 h·2 mm
12.3 kn·Sea 25°
Autumn
September – November
21°·317 h·15 mm
10.2 kn·Sea 25°
Winter
December – February
14°·262 h·52 mm
11 kn·Sea 19°
