Climate and average weather in Delphi

In Delphi, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Delphi typically varies from 4°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -0°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Delphi for warm-weather activities is from early May to mid October.

Hottest
Jul
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
88 mm
Driest
Aug
17 mm
Rain / yr
625 mm
96 wet days
Daylight
9.3–14.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
38.5°N
Clearest
Aug
19% cloud

Delphi is modern village in Fokida, Greece.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Delphi weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Delphi, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 4 to September 20, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Delphi is July, with an average high of 27°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 28 to March 21, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Delphi is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 9°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 8°C) in June.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan94
Feb104
Mar126
Apr169
May2113
Jun2517
Jul2720
Aug2720
Sep2417
Oct1913
Nov159
Dec106

Average hourly temperature in Delphi

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Delphi weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8111.33.19.61.8
Feb10° / 7111.23.110.52.2
Mar12° / 7510.92.111.73.3
Apr16° / 448.30.1135.3
May21° / 13°447.2014.17.1
Jun25° / 17°295.1014.68.1
Jul27° / 20°234.1014.48.1
Aug27° / 20°173.4013.58.2
Sep24° / 17°375.9012.38.0
Oct19° / 13°467.70116.6
Nov15° / 719.10.29.94.4
Dec10° / 8811.92.99.42.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Delphi gets about 625 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from around Nov 4 to Apr 19, peaking in February at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 14.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 88 mm over about 12 wet days; August is the driest, with 17 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 10 · 43%Aug 14 · 10%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb4011
Mar3511
Apr288
May237
Jun185
Jul134
Aug113
Sep196
Oct258
Nov319
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Delphi collects about 625 mm of rain across 96 wet days — roughly 52 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 88 mm, while August is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec817175444429231737467188
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan81113
Feb71113
Mar75112
Apr4480
May4470
Jun2950
Jul2340
Aug1730
Sep3760
Oct4680
Nov7190
Dec88123

Snow in Delphi

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Delphi averages about 12 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 27 to Apr 5 — about 4.3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 19 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 62 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 9
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan317
Feb319
Mar212
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec314

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Delphi, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 30 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around October 7. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 8 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around April 29. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 59% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 8 · 98%Jan 21 · 38%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4159
Feb4555
Mar5446
Apr5941
May6931
Jun8812
Jul973
Aug964
Sep8020
Oct6139
Nov4852
Dec4258

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 14, brings about 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 9 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.67:525:27
Feb10.57:296:00
Mar11.76:496:30
Apr13.06:007:00
May14.15:247:29
Jun14.65:107:50
Jul14.45:227:49
Aug13.55:497:19
Sep12.36:176:32
Oct11.06:465:44
Nov9.97:195:11
Dec9.47:465:06

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Delphi averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around May 19 to Oct 1. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 9 sunny days — about 66% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2826 daysJan 248 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May15Mixed
Jun21Bright
Jul26Brilliant
Aug26Brilliant
Sep19Bright
Oct14Mixed
Nov9Mixed
Dec9Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Delphi, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around June 9 to September 21. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 56% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 22 to June 8, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 6 · 100%Aug 3 · 32%humiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May831610
Jun3047211
Jul740485
Aug738515
Sep3348190
Oct702730
Nov96400
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Delphi is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 2 · 8 km/hAug 6 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May7calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug6calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Delphi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Delphi throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Delphi is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Delphi for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 29 · 8.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan1.8poor
Feb2.2poor
Mar3.4poor
Apr5.3fair
May7.1good
Jun8.0ideal
Jul8.1ideal
Aug8.2ideal
Sep8.0ideal
Oct6.6good
Nov4.4fair
Dec2.4poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Delphi for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 12 · 8.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Delphi, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 9°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Delphi sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Delphi

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Nov 8 — about 5.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Delphi by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Delphi peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 9Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7Very high
May7High
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Delphi

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb10
Mar50
Apr73.5
May7.53.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Delphi by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Delphi is worst in August — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1819 µg/m³Dec 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Delphi is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan9112
Feb930
Mar990
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec960

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Delphi banks about 1,997 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr72
May211
Jun331
Jul418
Aug421
Sep308
Oct184
Nov53
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Delphi receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.8 and 7.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 22. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.8 kWh/m² — roughly 75% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 287.5 kWhDec 151.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.2Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.4Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.4Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.1Bright
Oct3.5Moderate
Nov2.3Moderate
Dec1.8Dim

Where is Delphi?

Delphi sits at 38.5°N, 22.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Livadeiá, 34 km away.

AígioLamíaPatrasKórinthosThívaiMégaraAgrínio

Topography around Delphi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Delphi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Delphi has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,345 m around an average of 632 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,440 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,463 m.

The land around Delphi is covered by trees (48%) and shrubs (34%) within 3 km, trees (45%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,345 m
16 km
2,440 m
80 km
2,463 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Livadeiá 34 km · Aígio 44 km · Lamía 47 km · Patras 71 km · Kórinthos 72 km · Thívai 74 km · Mégara 92 km · Agrínio 96 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 60% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$26,948
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
8.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 592
Religion
other 3%Muslim 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Delphi (38.4794°, 22.4936°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).