Climate averages 1991–2020
Glyfáda weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Glyfáda: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Piraeus (13 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Glyfáda, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Glyfáda ranks joint 2nd of 11 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 31.7°C; Glyfáda is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Glyfáda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 51 | 7.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 42 | 6.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 44 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 19 | 3.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 11 | 2.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 3.7 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 32.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 11 | 1.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 26 | 3.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 47 | 5.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 61 | 7.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Piraeus in AugustGreece · 13 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Athens in AugustGreece · 14 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Khalándrion in AugustGreece · 18 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Acharnés in AugustGreece · 25 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Volos in AugustGreece · 182 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Pátra in AugustGreece · 182 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Lárisa in AugustGreece · 228 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Karşıyaka in AugustTurkey · 301 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 3.0 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 Glyfáda) is explained once on the Glyfáda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.