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Athens in December

Cool and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Athens is cool: highs near 60°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 34 minutes.December in Athens is cool: highs near 16°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 34 minutes.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
9h 34mon average

Is December a good time to visit Athens?

December sits outside Athens's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 60°F in December, against 57°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in December, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in December, against 4% to 29% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in December, against 5% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

9h 34m in December, against 9h 34m to 14h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November68°20°low 52°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December60°16°low 46°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January57°14°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Athens sits, in December

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:34 AMsets 5:07 PM
Above the sea
100 mlow-lying
Latitude
38.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ioulis65 km south-east

The land around Athens, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Greece in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Athens

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Athens. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.