Average Rainfall for Greece in August
The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities and islands in Greece.
Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it typically gets this month and for the usual amount of precipitation. The numbers are averages of weather data collected over several decades.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Aegean Islands, Crete, Peloponnese, as well as Western, Central and Northern Greece.
Aegean Islands
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Limnos | 0.3 | 7 |
| 0 | Milos | 0.1 | 1 |
| 1 | Mytilini | 0.1 | 3 |
| 0 | Naxos | 0.1 | 2 |
| 0 | Rhodes (Rodos) | 0.0 | 0 |
| 0 | Samos | 0.0 | 1 |
Crete
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chania | 0.1 | 3 |
| 0 | Heraklion | 0.0 | 1 |
| 0 | Ierapetra | 0.1 | 2 |
| 1 | Rethymno | 2.4 | 62 |
| 0 | Sitia | 0.0 | 1 |
| 0 | Tympaki | 0.0 | 1 |
Peloponnese
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Astros | 0.2 | 6 |
| 1 | Kalamata | 0.4 | 11 |
| 1 | Kythira | 0.1 | 3 |
| 1 | Methoni | 0.2 | 4 |
| 3 | Pyrgela | 0.6 | 15 |
| 4 | Tripoli | 0.9 | 22 |
| 1 | Velo | 0.2 | 5 |
Western Greece
These weather data are for places in the Ionian Islands and Western Hellas peripheries.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Agrinio | 0.6 | 15 |
| 1 | Araxos | 0.2 | 6 |
| 2 | Argostoli | 0.4 | 10 |
| 3 | Kerkyra | 0.7 | 19 |
| 1 | Patras | 0.2 | 5 |
| 1 | Pyrgos | 0.6 | 15 |
| 1 | Zakinthos | 0.4 | 9 |
Central Greece
The cities listed here are in the Attica, Epirus, Sterea Hellas and Thessaly peripheries.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aliartos | 0.6 | 15 |
| 3 | Arta | 0.7 | 17 |
| 2 | Athens | 0.3 | 7 |
| 2 | Elefsina | 0.2 | 5 |
| 5 | Ioannina | 1.2 | 31 |
| 4 | Lamia | 1.1 | 27 |
| 4 | Larissa | 0.6 | 16 |
| 2 | Nea Filadelfia | 0.2 | 6 |
| 2 | Skyros | 0.4 | 9 |
| 2 | Tanagra | 0.4 | 10 |
| 2 | Tatoi | 0.2 | 6 |
| 2 | Volos | 0.6 | 16 |
Northern Greece
This section covers the peripheries of West, Central and East Macedonia and Thrace.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Alexandroupoli | 0.5 | 13 |
| 6 | Florina | 1.2 | 31 |
| 5 | Kavala | 0.7 | 18 |
| 5 | Kozani | 1.2 | 30 |
| 6 | Serres | 1.2 | 30 |
| 5 | Thessaloniki | 0.8 | 20 |
| 4 | Trikala | 0.6 | 16 |
Reference
Helenic National Meteorological Service. Climatology.