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Athens in March

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Athens is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Athens is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
11h 53mon average

Is March a good time to visit Athens?

March sits outside Athens's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October. Expect mild 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 63°F in March, against 57°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in March, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in March, against 4% to 29% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in March, against 5% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

11h 53m in March, against 9h 34m to 14h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February58°14°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March63°17°low 45°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April70°21°low 50°low 10°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Athens sits, in March

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:38 AMsets 6:31 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.