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Will it rain today in Nicosia?

Should you take an umbrella in Nicosia? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Nicosia right now: light rain. Today’s total: 2.0 mm over 9 wet hours. Tomorrow: 3.0 mm of rain.

Rain now0.3 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today2.0 mm9 wet hours
Tomorrow3.0 mm15 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

2.0 mm of rain, 9 wet hours, up to 0.3 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
12:00–15:000.30.1dry
15:00–18:000.40.1light · rain
18:00–21:000.80.3light · rain
21:00–00:000.60.2light · rain

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

3.0 mm of rain, 15 wet hours, up to 0.3 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
00:00–03:000.40.1light · rain
03:00–06:000.50.2light · rain
06:00–09:000.30.1light · rain
09:00–12:000.20.1dry
12:00–15:000.10dry
15:00–18:000.10dry
18:00–21:000.80.3light · rain
21:00–00:000.70.2light · rain

Times in local time (Asia/Nicosia). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Nicosia

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Nicosia

How much it rains in Nicosia, month by month

Nicosia gets about 338 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is December (85 mm), the driest July (0 mm); a normal October brings 20 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Nicosia?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Nicosia right now: light rain. Today’s total: 2.0 mm over 9 wet hours. Tomorrow: 3.0 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Nicosia?
About 338 mm a year on average (2001–2025). December is the wettest month with 85 mm, July the driest with 0 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Nicosia.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Nicosia and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.