Kavala weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Kavala is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with September and May close behind. Kavala averages about 2,613 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 47 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,613
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 560 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 54k
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Kavala?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kavala is June, then September and May. The dullest month is January (7/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kavala?
Kavala gets a lot of sun: around 2,613 hours a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate June (86) from January (7), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #34 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,896 hours. The year's 560 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 57 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| February | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 44 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 51 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 42 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 50 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 86 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 47 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 71 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 32 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 72 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 21 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 46 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 85 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 52 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 51 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 67 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Kavala by month
The sea off Kavala is warmest in July at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in January at 13°C / 55°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 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
- Thessaloniki Greece · 146 km · best in Jun · 2,531 h sun/yr
- Skiathos Greece · 215 km · best in Aug · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Sofia Bulgaria · 222 km · best in Aug · 2,157 h sun/yr
- Mytilene Greece · 266 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Skopje North Macedonia · 275 km · best in Sep · 2,397 h sun/yr
- Burgas Bulgaria · 303 km · best in Aug · 2,238 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Alexandroupoli Greece · 113 km · 2,685 h sun/yr · best in May
- Limnos Greece · 122 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Plovdiv Bulgaria · 130 km · 2,200 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Çanakkale Türkiye · 175 km · 2,654 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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