Athens Weather in August
Athens in August
The short of it: Athens in August averages a high of 33 °C (92 °F) and a low of 24 °C (74 °F), with 5.0 mm (0.20 in) of rain and about 13 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 33° · low 24° · rain 5.0 mm · daylight 13 h 37 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Athens an average August high of 33°, a low of 24° and some 5.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the driest month of the year, only 5.0 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 37 min in mid-August, 56 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Athens runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Výronas, 3 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Athens, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VýronasAttica | 3 km SE | 32° | 23° | 5.0 mm |
| TávrosAttica | 4 km WSW | 34° | 24° | 5.0 mm |
| ZográfosAttica | 4 km ESE | 32° | 23° | 5.0 mm |
| DhafníAttica | 4 km S | 33° | 24° | 5.0 mm |
| AigáleoAttica | 4 km W | 34° | 24° | 5.0 mm |
| KaisarianíAttica | 4 km SE | 32° | 23° | 5.0 mm |
| GalátsiAttica | 4 km NNE | 32° | 23° | 5.0 mm |
| Néa SmýrniAttica | 4 km SSW | 33° | 24° | 5.0 mm |