November
Wk 45–47
Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 17 out of 100, weather comfort near 86.
- Crowd level
- 17
- Comfort
- 82–89
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Greece
Best time to visit Athen
When is it busiest here, and when is it quietest? The answer runs week by week through the region's own year, from official EU overnight-stay statistics.
Busiest week
JulyCrowd level 100
Wk 30 · 370,525 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
JanuaryCrowd level 0–1
Wk 2–4 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
NovemberCrowd level 17
Wk 45–47 · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level
Warmest month
27 °CComfort 82
August · around 2 mm of rain in the month
Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative
Athen (Greece) is quietest in January: across Wk 2–4 the crowd level runs from 0 to 1 out of 100. The busiest single week falls in July (Wk 30), at 100 out of 100 with roughly 370,525 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.
When is Athen busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 3
FebruaryØ 11
MarchØ 24
AprilØ 40
MayØ 57
JuneØ 79
JulyØ 92
AugustØ 95
SeptemberØ 78
OctoberØ 49
NovemberØ 21
DecemberØ 20
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
November · Wk 45
Crowd level17/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort54/100 · Sun & warmth
-37 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- November (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 143,186
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 1 % of source markets on school holidays · -1 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Greece (21 %) · United Kingdom (20 %) · Germany (19 %) · 82% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 96,982–370,525 (avg 225,567)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Athen, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 61 | 13 °C |
| February | 11 | 61 | 13 °C |
| March | 24 | 71 | 14 °C |
| April | 40 | 85 | 16 °C |
| May | 57 | 95 | 20 °C |
| June | 79 | 93 | 24 °C |
| July | 92 | 83 | 27 °C |
| August | 95 | 82 | 27 °C |
| September | 78 | 87 | 25 °C |
| October | 49 | 93 | 21 °C |
| November | 21 | 85 | 18 °C |
| December | 20 | 67 | 15 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Athen itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model, weighing crowd level against weather comfort.
January
Wk 2–4
A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 0, weather comfort near 60.
- Crowd level
- 0–1
- Comfort
- 60–61
July–August
Wk 30–32
The region's peak: crowd level around 99 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 97–100
- Comfort
- 81
Athen compared with Europe
How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.
- Crowd density in Athen
- 59.09
- European median
- 11.80
overnight stays per km² and week
overnight stays per km² and week
Furthest from the median: December, at 6.0× the value. Closest to the median: July, at 4.3× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This density compares destinations with each other. The crowd level in the table above compares Athen with itself. The two figures are never combined.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | 13 | 13 | 45 |
| Feb | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| Mar | 14 | 14 | 14 | 22 |
| Apr | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| May | 20 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
| Jun | 24 | 24 | 24 | 4 |
| Jul | 27 | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| Aug | 28 | 27 | 28 | 2 |
| Sep | 25 | 25 | 25 | 17 |
| Oct | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 |
| Nov | 18 | 18 | 18 | 28 |
| Dec | 15 | 15 | 15 | 62 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
How sunny?
Average daily solar energy across the twelve months. The higher the value, the sunnier.
4.9 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jul
Sunniest month
| Month | Solar irradiance (kWh/m²/day) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 |
| Feb | 3.3 |
| Mar | 4.8 |
| Apr | 6.1 |
| May | 6.9 |
| Jun | 7.5 |
| Jul | 7.6 |
| Aug | 6.8 |
| Sep | 5.4 |
| Oct | 3.8 |
| Nov | 2.6 |
| Dec | 2.1 |
Mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day (≈ peak-sun-hours equivalent). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Athen and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.
“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: August 2026
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Athen
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Athen?
- The best time to visit Athen is November (Wk 45–47): in this window the crowd level is low at around 17 out of 100 and weather comfort is good at about 86 out of 100.
When is Athen quietest?
- January (Wk 2–4) is the quietest time in Athen. Crowd levels there sit at 0–1 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Athen busiest?
- Athen is busiest in July (Wk 30) with around 370,525 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Athen and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Athen in August with an average of 27 °C and around 2 mm of rain in the month.
How do you get to Athen?
- Athen is reachable via the destination airport Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH) with direct flights.
All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.
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v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.