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Athens in January

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Athens is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Athens is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
9h 51mon average

Is January a good time to visit Athens?

January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in January, against 4% to 29% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in January, against 5% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

9h 51m in January, against 9h 34m to 14h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December60°16°low 46°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January57°14°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February58°14°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Athens sits, in January

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:40 AMsets 5:28 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.