Athens opens swimming season

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Residents of Athens and tourists flocked to the beaches of the southern suburbs of Attica connected Saturday, April 18, 2026, taking vantage of the warm summertime weather and taking the archetypal swim successful the sea.

Real summer scenes were observed connected the coast, successful peculiar successful the country Alimosawhere precocious attendance was recorded from the very morning.

Many preferred sunbathehowever, there were galore who decided to first swimdespite the information that it is still spring connected the calendar.

According to National Observatory of Athensthe aerial temperature successful a fig of regions of the state was supra the seasonal norm.

In Attica, arsenic of 16:30, successful the southern suburbs (Paleo Faliro station) it was recorded 23.4°C.

In different regions of the state the temperature approached the people 30°C. The highest values were recorded:

in Pyrgos (Ilia) – 27.4°C,
in Oleni (Ilia) – 27.1°C,
in the country of Prosfigika (Patras) – 26.9°C,
in Skala (Messenia) – 26.4°C,
in Skala (Laconia) – 26.4°C.

Weather forecast for Sunday, April 19, 2026

In the Ionian Sea, connected the mainland and successful the Kastellorizo area, partly cloudyin places with intermittent rainfall oregon downpours, chiefly successful mountainous areas successful the daytime and evening hours.

In different regions of the state it will stay generally wide weatherwith occasional cloudiness successful bluish Crete and the bluish Aegean. In the evening hours successful the west, constricted visibility is imaginable successful some places.

The wind will beryllium from the northbound 4–5 points connected the Beaufort scalein the Aegean Sea – up to 6 pointsand successful the southeast – up to 7 points. Gradually successful the western, cardinal and bluish regions the wind will alteration absorption to the south, with unit 3–4 points.

The temperature will not alteration significantly: successful astir regions it will beryllium 19–21°Cin the Dodecanese and successful the eastbound mainland regions – up to 22°Cin some places successful the west – up to 23°C.