Ptolemaida/ Olympiada

GR-0085 · West Macedonia, Greece

Climate Ptolemaida/ Olympiada 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kozani State Airport Filippos (LGKZ) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 65.2 50 70 50 62 76
February 69.8 39 63 63 60 69
March 67.5 49 59 52 50 57
April 64.0 57 38 51 59
May 66.2 47 39 51 60
June 65.9 53 47 47 61
July 66.4 57 52 47 62
August 66.4 59 60 51 59
September 70.1 57 55 54 58
October 69.1 65 58 51 48
November 65.7 51 68 44 45
December 60.2 44 66 34 70
Average 65.7 45.9 56.5 53.0 50.4 60.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 76.0 61 78 59 74 82
February 79.0 60 72 65 71 72
March 76.6 62 68 60 61 64
April 70.0 59 47 57 66
May 70.5 56 52 53 61
June 68.1 53 51 48 61
July 67.1 57 52 47 62
August 66.8 59 60 51 59
September 73.7 62 60 54 64
October 75.2 66 63 55 63
November 76.2 64 78 55 64
December 74.4 58 76 52 78
Average 72.4 60.8 61.6 58.9 55.7 65.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.4 10.0 8.8 9.5 7.0 8.5
February 10.4 7.7 13.5 10.8 9.9 11.4
March 13.8 15.6 15.3 14.0 8.9 11.6
April 17.7 21.0 15.4 17.8 16.6
May 22.4 22.3 18.8 24.3 24.5
June 27.8 32.7 25.3 28.1 28.3
July 31.2 34.2 33.7 30.3 32.3
August 31.0 33.0 31.6 29.3 33.5
September 26.0 25.6 26.3 25.5 25.6
October 20.4 21.3 22.8 20.6 15.5
November 13.7 12.1 15.0 14.6 13.3
December 9.2 8.5 11.6 11.1 8.5
Average 18.4 11.2 20.7 19.6 19.3 19.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -1.3 1.3 -1.7 1.7 -2.0 0.3
February 1.0 0.0 3.1 -1.7 -0.0 0.4
March 2.9 4.0 3.5 3.1 -1.3 0.6
April 6.4 7.5 5.0 5.0 4.2
May 11.4 10.5 9.5 10.9 10.6
June 16.0 17.6 14.0 16.1 14.5
July 18.3 19.6 18.3 16.8 18.5
August 18.1 18.5 17.8 17.0 18.3
September 13.8 13.5 14.3 12.8 13.5
October 9.2 9.3 10.6 9.0 6.5
November 5.1 2.6 5.0 6.2 5.4
December 1.9 1.9 1.8 5.5 0.8
Average 7.9 1.8 8.9 8.4 8.1 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.3 11 8 13 9 14
February 7.2 5 7 3 10 11
March 10.1 14 11 7 14 13
April 9.7 8 14 10 11
May 5.8 5 17 4 2
June 3.4 1 8 5 3
July 2.5 2 0 4 3
August 2.1 4 2 6 1
September 3.7 5 10 1 5
October 4.2 0 4 4 18
November 8.1 9 10 10 10
December 11.0 22 6 16 11
Average 6.4 10.0 6.3 7.7 7.1 7.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.1 3 6 5 6 5
February 4.8 3 4 5 6 5
March 4.8 4 4 5 5 6
April 4.1 4 5 5 5
May 3.9 4 3 3 5
June 4.0 4 3 4 4
July 4.6 5 5 5 5
August 4.4 4 5 5 5
September 4.1 4 4 4 4
October 3.4 4 3 3 4
November 3.4 4 4 4 3
December 4.7 5 4 2 7
Average 4.2 3.2 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 349° 335° 328° 344° 331°
February 338° 330° 334° 337° 339°
March 163° 316° 314° 354° 335°
April 018° 336° 269° 308°
May 202° 029° 140° 299°
June 169° 344° 358° 345°
July 026° 328° 358° 010°
August 049° 020° 006° 309°
September 243° 071° 309° 010°
October 313° 348° 354° 340°
November 342° 323° 329° 310°
December 344° 334° 010° 334°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.