Larissa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · regional city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Larissa is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with May and September close behind. Larissa averages about 2,548 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 33 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,548
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 501 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 147k
- Elevation
- 70 m
When is the best time to visit Larissa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Larissa is April, then May and September. The dullest month is January (21/100, 49 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Larissa?
Larissa gets a lot of sun: around 2,548 hours a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate April (88) from January (21), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #35 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,896 hours. The year's 501 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| February | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 43 mm | 2 |
| March | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 50 mm | 3 |
| April | 88 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 33 mm | 5 |
| May | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 36 mm | 6 |
| June | 80 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 29 mm | 8 |
| July | 62 | 35° / 95°F | 23° / 73°F | 29 mm | 9 |
| August | 63 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 22 mm | 8 |
| September | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 48 mm | 6 |
| October | 84 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 54 mm | 3 |
| November | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| December | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 60 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Skiathos Greece · 104 km · best in Aug · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Thessaloniki Greece · 106 km · best in Jun · 2,531 h sun/yr
- Preveza Greece · 167 km · best in Jul · 2,849 h sun/yr
- Patras Greece · 189 km · best in Jul · 2,829 h sun/yr
- Corfu Greece · 219 km · best in Jul · 2,819 h sun/yr
- Ohrid North Macedonia · 224 km · best in Jul · 2,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nea Anchialos Greece · 56 km · 2,546 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Kozani Greece · 88 km · 2,478 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kastoria Greece · 134 km · 2,479 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ioannina Greece · 141 km · 2,741 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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