Climate change: This year’s July is the warmest for central and southern Greece since 2010

Average maximum temperatures in regions of Greece in July 2023 were considerably higher than the averages in 2010-2019, based on measurements made by the 52 weather stations operated by the National Observatory of Athens weather service, meteo.gr. The weather stations have been in operation since 2010.

For most regions, it was the warmest July in the last 14 years, with the biggest deviations in temperatures recorded on the island of Crete, where average maximum temperatures were 2.8C higher than normal for the season.

The biggest upward deviation in temperature in the country was recorded between 13-27 July, with the maximum values deviation exceeding 10C.

For Thessaly, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Crete and the islands of the Aegean, it was the warmest July since 2010. For northern Greece and Epirus, it was the second-warmest month in the last 14 years.

In Athens, the average monthly deviation of the maximum temperatures was 1.9C, with 23 of the 31 days of July being hotter than normal for the season. In the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, 18 days in July were hotter than the average for 2010-2019, with the average maximum temperatures being 0.7C above normal levels for the season.
The town of Livadia had the largest number of days with above-average temperatures (30), followed by Amfiklia and Rethymno with 29 days each.