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Athens in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Athens is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Athens is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
14h 13mon average

Is May a good time to visit Athens?

Yes. May is one of Athens's best months (April to May, or October).

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in May, against 57°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in May, against 4% to 29% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in May, against 5% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

14h 13m in May, against 9h 34m to 14h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April70°21°low 50°low 10°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May80°27°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June90°32°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Athens sits, in May

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:15 AMsets 8:27 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.