KOS
Climate and Weather
Climate and Weather
Cities in KOS
| Kos city |
Popular destinations GREECE
| Aegina | Alonissos | Andros |
| Chios | Corfu | Crete |
| Hydra | Kalymnos | Karpathos |
| Kefalonia | Kos | Lefkas |
| Lesbos | Mykonos | Naxos |
| Paros | Patmos | Peloponnese |
| Poros | Rhodes | Samos |
| Santorini | Skiathos | Skopelos |
| Spetses | Thasos | Zakynthos |
Climate and Weather
The islands of the Dodecanese group have a Mediterranean climate. Characteristic are the cool winters and dry summers. Precipitation falls in the winter and early spring. In the summer, a constant north-eastern wind blows which can sometimes be strong to stormy. This wind is known in Greece as the Meltemi. The temperature in Kos is very pleasant in spring and in autumn. In the winter it is never very cold. In the summer, the temperatures are between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius during the day.
Climate table
| avg. max.temp. | hours sun p/d | rainy days p/m | |
| january | 14°C | 5 | 12 |
| february | 14°C | 6 | 10 |
| march | 16°C | 7 | 9 |
| april | 20°C | 9 | 6 |
| may | 24°C | 12 | 3 |
| june | 29°C | 13 | 1 |
| july | 32°C | 14 | 0 |
| august | 32°C | 13 | 0 |
| september | 29C | 11 | 2 |
| october | 24°C | 8 | 3 |
| november | 19°C | 6 | 8 |
| december | 16°C | 5 | 12 |
Sources
Facaros,D / Rhodes & the Dodecanese
Cadogan
Griekse eilanden
Van Reemst
Hendriksen,B / Rodos, Kos en dodekanisos
Babylon- De Geus
Hermans, F / Rodos en Kos
ANWB
CIA - World Factbook
BBC - Country Profiles
Copyright: Team The World of Info