A heat transfer plate (32) and a plate heat exchanger (26) comprising such a heat transfer plate is provided. The heat transfer plate (32) has a first long side (46) and second long side (48) and comprises a distribution area (64), a transition area (66) and a heat transfer area (54). The transition area (66) adjoins the distribution area (64) along a first borderline (68) and the heat transfer area (54) along a second borderline (70), and it is provided with a transition pattern comprising transition projections (98) and transition depressions (100). Further, the transition area (66) comprises a first sub area (66a), a second sub area (66b) and a third sub area (66c) arranged in succession between the first and second border lines. An imaginary straight line (102) extends between two end points (104, 106) of each transition projection (98) with a smallest angle ± n , n = 1, 2, 3... in relation to a longitudinal center axis (y) of the heat transfer plate. The smallest angle ± n for at least a main part of
