Climate averages 1991–2020
Athens weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Athens: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khalándrion (8 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Athens, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Athens ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 22.3°C; Athens is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Athens climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 52 | 7.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 12.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 49 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 29 | 5.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 23 | 4.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 14.515 h |
| August | 32.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 23.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 27 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 45 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 58 | 7.8 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Khalándrion in OctoberGreece · 8 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Piraeus in OctoberGreece · 9 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Acharnés in OctoberGreece · 11 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Glyfáda in OctoberGreece · 14 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Volos in OctoberGreece · 168 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Pátra in OctoberGreece · 177 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Lárisa in OctoberGreece · 215 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Ayvalık in OctoberTurkey · 297 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 78 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Athens) is explained once on the Athens year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Piraeus, Acharnés and Khalándrion lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.