Climate and average weather in Préveza

In Préveza, the summers are humid, warm, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: mid May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Préveza typically varies from 8°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 30°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Aug
28°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
207 mm
Driest
Jul
9 mm
Rain / yr
1144 mm
96 wet days
Daylight
9.3–14.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
9 m
39.0°N
Clearest
Jul
11% cloud

Préveza is city of Epirus, Greece.

Density
26/km²
people per km²

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

Préveza 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 May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 11 to September 22, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Préveza is August, with an average high of 28°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 30 to March 28, with daily high temperatures below 15°C. The coldest month of the year in Préveza is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 12°C.

Days typically run about 5°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan128
Feb128
Mar149
Apr1712
May2116
Jun2420
Jul2722
Aug2823
Sep2520
Oct2116
Nov1713
Dec139

Average hourly temperature in Préveza

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 August afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Préveza weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 13811.59.63.2
Feb12° / 13111.210.53.3
Mar14° / 10810.711.74.3
Apr17° / 12°708.5135.7
May21° / 16°366.514.17.3
Jun24° / 20°183.114.78.7
Jul27° / 22°91.614.58.8
Aug28° / 23°131.513.58.5
Sep25° / 20°896.512.38.0
Oct21° / 16°1338.9117.0
Nov17° / 13°20712.39.95.3
Dec13° / 19413.39.33.6

Chance of rain

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

Préveza gets about 1144 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 6.5 months, from around Oct 6 to Apr 21, peaking in November at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 9.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 207 mm over about 12 wet days; July is the driest, with 9 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 27 · 45%Jul 9 · 4%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3812
Feb4011
Mar3411
Apr299
May217
Jun103
Jul52
Aug62
Sep207
Oct299
Nov4112
Dec4313

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Préveza collects about 1144 mm of rain across 96 wet days — roughly 95 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 207 mm, while July is the driest at just 9 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec13813110870361891389133207194
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan13812
Feb13111
Mar10811
Apr709
May367
Jun183
Jul92
Aug132
Sep897
Oct1339
Nov20712
Dec19413

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Préveza, 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 2 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around October 5. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 6 and lasts for 6.8 months, ending around May 1. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 49% 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 15 · 98%Nov 26 · 49%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5347
Feb5347
Mar5941
Apr6535
May7426
Jun919
Jul982
Aug964
Sep8317
Oct6733
Nov5347
Dec5149

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 9, 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)
Jan9.68:005:33
Feb10.57:376:06
Mar11.76:566:37
Apr13.06:077:08
May14.15:307:37
Jun14.75:167:59
Jul14.55:287:57
Aug13.55:557:27
Sep12.36:246:39
Oct11.06:535:51
Nov9.97:275:17
Dec9.37:555:12

Sunny days

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

Préveza averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around May 21 to Oct 3. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 11 sunny days — about 61% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1529 daysDec 110 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr15Mixed
May18Bright
Jun24Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug29Brilliant
Sep21Bright
Oct17Bright
Nov12Mixed
Dec12Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 15 to October 17. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 18 to May 14, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 9 · 100%Aug 4 · 0%oppressivehumidcomfortablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr78202000
May223734700
Jun393343130
Jul021247380
Aug02846431
Sep716303790
Oct293232700
Nov70245000
Dec9640000

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Préveza is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Oct 30 to Apr 16. The windiest month is February, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 17 to Oct 29, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 5 · 12 km/hAug 14 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov12calm
Dec12light breeze

Hazard calendar for Préveza

In seasonPeak

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

Préveza's rainy season runs October–March, 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 Préveza

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early October, Préveza 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 time of year to visit Préveza for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the first week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 1 · 8.9

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
Jan3.1poor
Feb3.3poor
Mar4.3fair
Apr5.7good
May7.3good
Jun8.7ideal
Jul8.8ideal
Aug8.5ideal
Sep8.0ideal
Oct7.0good
Nov5.3fair
Dec3.6fair

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 Préveza 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 13 · 9.1

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 Préveza, 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 August (highs near 28°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 12°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Préveza sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Préveza

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 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 24 to Nov 15 — about 5.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May19Cool
Jun23Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Refreshing
Dec18Cool

UV index (midday) in Préveza 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 Préveza peaks around August 10 at about 9 (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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowAug 10UV 9Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Préveza

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 August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 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
Feb00
Mar50
Apr6.52.5
May72.5
Jun85
Jul8.55
Aug85
Sep6.52.5
Oct40
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Préveza 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 Préveza is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1717 µg/m³Dec 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Préveza is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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. Préveza banks about 2,554 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb6
Mar55
Apr134
May255
Jun361
Jul448
Aug470
Sep371
Oct271
Nov145
Dec37

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.

Préveza 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 21 to Sep 22. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.9 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 307.5 kWhDec 201.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.2Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.4Bright
Apr5.7Bright
May6.6Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.3Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.0Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.3Moderate
Dec1.8Dim

Where is Préveza?

Préveza sits at 39.0°N, 20.8°E, 9 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Árta, 30 km away.

AgrínioIoánninaCorfuZagorochoriaTríkalaKardítsaKalambaka

Topography around Préveza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Préveza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,384 m.

The land around Préveza is covered by water (50%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (69%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and water (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
466 m
80 km
2,384 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Árta 30 km · Agrínio 68 km · Ioánnina 79 km · Corfu 103 km · Zagorochoria 103 km · Tríkala 110 km · Kardítsa 111 km · Kalambaka 112 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 Préveza (38.9562°, 20.7505°, elevation 9 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).