The weather in Greece for Friday, Valentine’s Day, will be mostly rainy with storms and even snow in several areas.  That being said, temperatures will start warming up a bit, recovering from the unseasonably low temperatures.

The weather forecast by main regions of Greece is below:

Macedonia, Thrace

  • Weather: Periodically increased cloud cover with light local showers, mainly in Western Macedonia and Thrace. Light snowfall expected in mountainous areas.
  • Winds: From southern directions at 2-4 Beaufort, locally up to 5 Beaufort in the east.
  • Temperature: Between 4°C and 11-12°C, with Western Macedonia experiencing temperatures 3-4 degrees lower.

Ionian Islands, Epirus, Western Central Greece, Western Peloponnese

  • Weather: Cloudy with local showers and scattered thunderstorms, especially in the Ionian Sea, where storms may be temporarily intense. Light snowfall expected in mountainous inland areas.
  • Winds: From southern directions at 4-5 Beaufort, locally up to 6 Beaufort in the Ionian.
  • Temperature: Ranges from 8°C to 15-16°C, while inland Epirus will see temperatures between 1°C and 7°C.

Eastern Central Greece, Euboea, Eastern Peloponnese

  • Weather: Increased cloud cover with local showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. Weather improvement expected by late afternoon.
  • Winds: South-southwesterly at 3-5 Beaufort.
  • Temperature: Between 7°C and 15-16°C.

Cyclades, Crete

  • Weather: Cloudy with local showers and scattered thunderstorms.
  • Winds: From southern directions at 3-5 Beaufort.
  • Temperature: Between 11°C and 17°C, locally up to 18°C in Crete.

Eastern Aegean Islands – Dodecanese

  • Weather: Cloudy with local showers, and from the afternoon, mainly in the eastern Aegean, scattered thunderstorms.
  • Winds: South-southeasterly at 3-4 Beaufort in the south, 4-5 Beaufort in the north, gradually increasing locally to 6 Beaufort.
  • Temperature: Between 9°C and 17-18°C, with northern regions being 3-4 degrees colder.

Thessaly

  • Weather: Increased cloud cover with possible light local showers until the afternoon.
  • Winds: Variable at 3-4 Beaufort.
  • Temperature: Between 3°C and 13°C.

Attica

  • Weather: Periodically increased cloud cover with local showers.
  • Winds: South-southwesterly at 3-5 Beaufort.
  • Temperature: Between 7°C and 14-15°C.

Thessaloniki

  • Weather: Periodically increased cloud cover with a chance of light rain.
  • Winds: South-southeasterly at 2-3 Beaufort.
  • Temperature: Between 7°C and 11°C.

Saturday’s Forecast

Cloudy skies are expected across the country with local showers. Scattered thunderstorms will mainly occur in the Ionian, western and southern Peloponnese, Crete, and by evening in the eastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese. Light snowfall is expected in mountainous mainland regions and the mountains of Crete.

  • Winds: From southern directions at 3-5 Beaufort, gradually increasing to 6 Beaufort in the Ionian.
  • Temperature: Will rise slightly and be 2-3 degrees above seasonal averages, reaching 12-14°C in the north and 15-17°C elsewhere.

Sunday’s Forecast

Initially, cloudy skies with rain and scattered thunderstorms will affect the Ionian and western mainland regions, gradually extending to the rest of the Peloponnese, Attica, the Cyclades, Crete, and the Dodecanese. In the rest of the country, cloudy conditions will bring periodic local showers, with isolated thunderstorms possible in the northern Aegean.

Snowfall is expected in the mountainous regions of southern mainland Greece, especially in the Peloponnese.

  • Winds:
    • West: Southeast at 4-6 Beaufort, locally 7 Beaufort in the Ionian, weakening later and shifting to northerly at 3-5 Beaufort.
    • East: Southerly at 3-5 Beaufort; in northeastern Aegean and Thrace, easterly-northeasterly at similar intensities.
  • Temperature: Slight drop in maximum values