Ideal weather days in Nicosia
The best time to visit Nicosia for warm, dry weather is March to May and October to November, with 22 to 27 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Nicosia's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in March to May and October to November.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in Nicosia, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too hot119
- Too wet39
- Too cold36
- Too windy4
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Nicosia averaged 189 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in Cyprus, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in October (up to 22 a month, 89 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in March, December and January (up to 23 a month, 112 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too hot (over 33 °C): 119 a year, mostly in June to September. Another 39 are wet (more than 1 mm of rain), mostly in December, January and February. A day can fail more than one test.
Nicosia weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 °C 65 °F | 8 | 0 | 12 | 20 of 31 |
| February | 18 °C 64 °F | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 of 28 |
| March | 22 °C 72 °F | 5 | 0 | 14 | 25 of 31 |
| April | 26 °C 79 °F | 2 | 0 | 12 | 25 of 30 |
| May | 30 °C 85 °F | 6 | 0 | 16 | 22 of 31 |
| June | 37 °C 99 °F | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 of 30 |
| July | 39 °C 102 °F | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 of 31 |
| August | 39 °C 101 °F | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 of 31 |
| September | 35 °C 95 °F | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 of 30 |
| October | 31 °C 87 °F | 3 | 1 | 20 | 27 of 31 |
| November | 25 °C 76 °F | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 of 30 |
| December | 20 °C 67 °F | 9 | 1 | 12 | 20 of 31 |
| Year | 48 | 4 | 198 | 189 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 197 warm, dry days
- 2024 186 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Nicosia for good weather?
The best time to visit Nicosia for warm, dry weather is March to May and October to November, with 22 to 27 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in October (up to 22 a month, 89 a year). Counted from measured days at Lefkosa station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Nicosia?
On average 48 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was December (9 rain days), the driest June (0).
How many sunny days does Nicosia get a year?
About 198 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in July (28).
How warm does Nicosia get?
The median daily high ranged from 18 °C (64 °F) in February to 39 °C (102 °F) in July.
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Source: Lefkosa weather station (17515099999), 3 km from the centre of Nicosia, 131 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 87% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.