Kalamata weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Kalamata is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with April and June close behind. Kalamata averages about 2,737 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,737
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 688 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 54k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Kalamata?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kalamata is May, then April and June. The dullest month is January (37/100, 111 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kalamata?
Kalamata gets a lot of sun: around 2,737 hours a year. 54 Sunshine Score points separate May (91) from January (37), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #31 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,896 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around December, carries about 47% of the annual 688 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 111 mm | 1 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 81 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 59 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 30 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 21 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 90 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 26 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 83 | 33° / 91°F | 23° / 73°F | 13 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 24° / 75°F | 9 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 55 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 83 | 25° / 77°F | 17° / 63°F | 68 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 76 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 102 mm | 2 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 10° / 50°F | 113 mm | 1 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Kalamata by month
The sea off Kalamata is warmest in August at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in February at 17°C / 63°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Zakynthos Greece · 126 km · best in Jul · 2,970 h sun/yr
- Patras Greece · 131 km · best in Jul · 2,829 h sun/yr
- Kefallinia Greece · 178 km · best in Jul · 2,846 h sun/yr
- Athens Greece · 195 km · best in Aug · 2,907 h sun/yr
- Preveza Greece · 234 km · best in Jul · 2,849 h sun/yr
- Chaniá Greece · 256 km · best in Jul · 2,895 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kithira Greece · 125 km · 2,918 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Milos Greece · 222 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Kalamata compares month by month: Kalamata vs Athens · Kalamata vs Patras · Kalamata vs Kefallinia · Kalamata vs Zakynthos · all comparisons
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