The climate in Cyprus

Climate zone: Subtropics of the northern hemisphere

For several months of the year, it is warm to hot at temperatures continuously above 25 degrees Celsius, sometimes up to 34 degrees. The warmest and rainiest part of the country is Larnaka. The coldest is Lefkosia.

Long-term development of temperatures from 1977 - 2022

In contrast to single record values, long-term development cannot simply be brought about by all weather stations in the country. Both the number and the locations are constantly changing. An average value would give a distorted result. If several measuring stations in particularly cold mountain or coastal regions are added in one year, the average would decrease as a result of this alone. If a station fails during the summer or winter months, it does not provide any values and distorts the average again. The subsequent long-term development was therefore reduced to only 1 measuring points in order to have comparable data over as long a period as possible.

In the years 1977 to 2022, there were only these 1 weather stations in the whole country, which reported continuous temperature values (Larnaka). From these weather reports, we have created a long-term development that shows the monthly average temperatures. The hottest month in this entire period was August 2021 at 30.2 °C. February 1992 was the coldest month with an average temperature of 8.7 °C.

The average annual temperature was about 19.2 °C in the years after 1977 and about 21.0 °C in the last years before 2022. So in less than 46 years, it has increased by about 1.9 °C. This trend only applies to the selected 1 weather stations in Cyprus. A considerably more comprehensive evaluation of global warming has been provided separately.



Data basis: German Weather Service, individual values averaged and supplemented by own elements.