Today’s weather will feature increasingly cloudy skies with local showers and, mainly during midday and afternoon hours, scattered thunderstorms over the mainland and the mountainous areas of Crete, according to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY). An improvement is expected in most areas by evening.

Visibility will be locally limited in the west during the morning hours and temperatures in Athens and Thessaloniki will reach up to 23°C. Overall, temperatures will see a slight drop in maximum values, ranging between 21°C and 23°C.

Winds will blow from the west-northwest at 4 to 5 Beaufort.

Weather by Region

MACEDONIA, THRACE

  • Weather: In Macedonia, temporarily increased cloud cover with local showers. Initially in Central Macedonia and from midday onwards in other parts, scattered thunderstorms are expected. At night, the phenomena will be limited to Western Macedonia. In Thrace, thin clouds will become locally denser from midday to afternoon.

  • Winds: Variable, 2 to 4 Beaufort. In the east, temporarily northeast winds at 4 Beaufort in the morning.

  • Temperature: 8°C to 23°C.

IONIAN ISLANDS, EPIRUS, WESTERN CENTRAL GREECE, WESTERN PELOPONNESE

  • Weather: Partly cloudy skies gradually increasing with local showers, initially in the western Peloponnese and gradually in other areas. Scattered thunderstorms expected mainly on the mainland in the afternoon.

  • Winds: West-northwest 3 to 4, locally up to 5 Beaufort in the Ionian.

  • Temperature: 11°C to 23°C. In interior Epirus, lows will be 3 to 4 degrees lower.

EASTERN CENTRAL GREECE, EUBOEA, EASTERN PELOPONNESE

  • Weather: Light clouds quickly becoming denser, with local showers and scattered thunderstorms mainly during midday and afternoon.

  • Winds: Variable 3 to 4 Beaufort, in the south west-northwest up to 5 Beaufort.

  • Temperature: 10°C to 23°C.

CYCLADES, CRETE

  • Weather: In Crete, light clouds will quickly increase in the west and gradually elsewhere, with local showers and, in mountainous areas during midday and afternoon, scattered thunderstorms. Conditions will improve by night. In the Cyclades, intermittent thicker clouds with a chance of local showers until the afternoon.

  • Winds: West-northwest 4 to 5 Beaufort.

  • Temperature: 14°C to 21°C.

EASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS – DODECANESE

  • Weather: Scattered clouds, becoming denser in places and at times, with the possibility of light rain.

  • Winds: North-northwest 4 to 5 Beaufort in the north; west winds of similar strength in the south.

  • Temperature: 13°C to 21°C.

THESSALY

  • Weather: Increasing cloud cover with local showers and scattered thunderstorms, especially from midday onward.

  • Winds: Variable, 3 to 4 Beaufort.

  • Temperature: 9°C to 23°C.

ATTICA

  • Weather: Increasing cloud cover with local showers and scattered thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon. Temporary improvement expected by night.

  • Winds: Variable; in the east, temporarily north-northeast at 3 to 4 Beaufort.

  • Temperature: 11°C to 23°C.

THESSALONIKI

  • Weather: Partly cloudy skies quickly becoming overcast, with local showers and scattered thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon.

  • Winds: Variable 2 to 3 Beaufort; turning southerly in the afternoon with the same strength.

  • Temperature: 11°C to 23°C.