Climate and average weather in Lamía

In Lamía, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: mid April to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Lamía typically varies from 2°C to 31°C, and is rarely below -4°C or above 35°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Lamía for warm-weather activities are from mid April to mid June and late August to early November.

Hottest
Jul
31°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
93 mm
Driest
Aug
17 mm
Rain / yr
680 mm
86 wet days
Daylight
9.3–14.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
88 m
38.9°N
Clearest
Jul
17% cloud

Lamía is city in central Greece.

Density
126/km²
people per km²

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

Lamía 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 mid April to mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 29 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Lamía is July, with an average high of 31°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 25 to March 13, with daily high temperatures below 14°C. The coldest month of the year in Lamía is January, with an average low of 2°C and high of 10°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in June.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan102
Feb122
Mar155
Apr198
May2413
Jun2917
Jul3120
Aug3120
Sep2716
Oct2112
Nov167
Dec113

Average hourly temperature in Lamía

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Lamía 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
Jan10° / 899.839.62.4
Feb12° / 79102.810.53.0
Mar15° / 849.71.511.74.6
Apr19° / 517.70136.5
May24° / 13°436.7014.17.6
Jun29° / 17°264.3014.76.6
Jul31° / 20°182.7014.45.7
Aug31° / 20°173.5013.55.9
Sep27° / 16°455.4012.37.6
Oct21° / 12°677.60117.1
Nov16° / 698.30.19.95.2
Dec11° / 9310.62.59.32.8

Chance of rain

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

Lamía gets about 680 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 6.4 months, from around Oct 9 to Apr 21, peaking in February at about 37% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 15.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 93 mm over about 11 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 15 · 37%Jul 15 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb3610
Mar3210
Apr258
May217
Jun154
Jul93
Aug114
Sep175
Oct248
Nov288
Dec3311

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Lamía collects about 680 mm of rain across 86 wet days — roughly 57 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 93 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.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec897984514326181745676993
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan89103
Feb79103
Mar84102
Apr5180
May4370
Jun2640
Jul1830
Aug1740
Sep4550
Oct6780
Nov6980
Dec93113

Snow in Lamía

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.

Lamía averages about 10 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 28 to Mar 30 — about 4 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 29 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 90 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 4
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan329
Feb329
Mar211
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec321

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Lamía, 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 May 13 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around October 4. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 96% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 5 and lasts for 7.2 months, ending around May 12. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 55% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 19 · 97%Dec 21 · 44%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4753
Feb4753
Mar5545
Apr6139
May6832
Jun8812
Jul964
Aug964
Sep7921
Oct6139
Nov4951
Dec4555

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 10, brings about 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, 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)
Jan9.67:535:26
Feb10.57:305:59
Mar11.76:496:30
Apr13.06:007:01
May14.15:237:30
Jun14.75:097:52
Jul14.45:227:50
Aug13.55:487:20
Sep12.36:176:32
Oct11.06:465:44
Nov9.97:205:11
Dec9.37:485:05

Sunny days

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

Lamía averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around May 24 to Sep 29. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 10 sunny days — about 61% fewer than the August peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1227 daysDec 510 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May16Bright
Jun22Bright
Jul27Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep20Bright
Oct14Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec10Mixed

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 Lamía, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around June 6 to October 1. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 46% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 2 to June 5, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 5 · 100%Aug 6 · 50%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr98200
May801920
Jun4239181
Jul1843345
Aug1540397
Sep3541221
Oct652950
Nov95500
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 Lamía is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmApr 14 · 6 km/hOct 24 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Hazard calendar for Lamía

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Lamía's rainy season runs September–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Lamía

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid June, Lamía is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 times of year to visit Lamía for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to late June and again from late August to early November, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 28 · 7.9

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
Jan2.3poor
Feb3.0poor
Mar4.6fair
Apr6.5good
May7.6ideal
Jun6.7good
Jul5.7good
Aug5.9good
Sep7.6ideal
Oct7.1good
Nov5.1fair
Dec2.8poor

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 Lamía for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 26 · 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 Lamía, 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 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 10°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Lamía sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Lamía

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 59 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 Lamía 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 Lamía peaks around June 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highVery highHighModerateJun 22UV 10Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May7High
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Lamía

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 5.5 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
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep6.52.5
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Lamía 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 Lamía is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 917 µg/m³Dec 1011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Lamía is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 9 to December 4 (271 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 990%Dec 490%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan6731
Feb7528
Mar9310
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov980
Dec8030

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Lamía banks about 2,303 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar8
Apr104
May258
Jun392
Jul477
Aug470
Sep341
Oct204
Nov50
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.

Lamía receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.7 and 7.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

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

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 277.3 kWhDec 141.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.1Moderate
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.2Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May6.5Intense
Jun7.2Intense
Jul7.2Intense
Aug6.4Intense
Sep4.8Bright
Oct3.2Moderate
Nov2.2Moderate
Dec1.7Dim

Where is Lamía?

Lamía sits at 38.9°N, 22.4°E, 88 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Delphi, 47 km away.

DelphiLivadeiáKardítsaNéa IoníaVolosAígioLárisaTríkala

Topography around Lamía

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lamía has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,099 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,463 m.

The land around Lamía is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) within 80 km.

3 km
358 m
16 km
2,099 m
80 km
2,463 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Delphi 47 km · Livadeiá 64 km · Kardítsa 68 km · Néa Ionía 68 km · Volos 69 km · Aígio 79 km · Lárisa 81 km · Tríkala 93 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 Lamía (38.8995°, 22.4335°, elevation 88 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).