CORFU
Climate and Weather

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Climate and Weather

Daytime temperatures in the summer are around 31°C on average and from May to November it is pleasantly warm with, for example, an average of around 20°C in May. In the middle of the summer, the sun shines eleven to twelve hours a day and even in December, the average is three hours of sunshine a day. The water temperature is about 19 °C in May, 25 °C in August and 23 °C in October. January and February are the coldest months, with 16°C during the day and 9°C at night and a water temperature of 15°C. There is even a chance of frost and snow then.

It rains regularly on Corfu, even in the summer months of July and August, making Corfu the wettest place in Greece. The driest month is July with an average of two rainy days. Much rain falls in the period from November to March, averaging 7-12 days per month. In winter, cold winds sometimes blow from the northeast and south.

climate table

	Avg. max. temp.	hours of sunshine per day	days precipitation per month
january	13°C	4	12
february	13°C	4	11
march	16°C	4	11
april	19°C	7	9
may	24°C	9	6
june	28°C	11	3
july	31°C	12	1
august	31°C	11	2
september	27°C	9	5
october	23°C	6	9
november	18°C	4	11
december	14°C	4	13

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Sources

Desypris, Y. / 777 schitterende Griekse eilanden
Uitgeverij Michalis Toubis S.A.

Fürst, F. / Corfu
Het Spectrum

Gerrard, M. / Korfoe
Van Reemst

Hendriksen, B. / Korfoe en de Ionische eilanden : Paxos, Lefkáda, Kefaloniá, Itháka en Zákinthos
Van Reemst

Webb, S. / Corfu & the Ionians
Lonely Planet

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

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