When to go · Athens
Athens in January
Mixed month. Cool and rainy; sites open with shorter hours.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 13° / 7°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 11
- Crowds
- Low
- Greece overall
- Prices
- Low
- Greece overall
Verdict
MixedVoykit month rating for Athens
Cool and rainy; sites open with shorter hours.
Weather in January
- AthensHighs around 13 °C, lows around 7 °C, rain on about 11 days
- Athens and Attica, Greece · Athens, Piraeus, Cape Sounioncool
Dry and sunny; July–August often over 35 °C with heatwaves to 40+ °C. Winters mild with rainy spells.
Winter season
Cool and occasionally wet; short site hours, thinner crowds, Christmas lights at Syntagma.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Greece overall
- Low
- Prices · Greece overall
- Low
Greece overall: Athens mild and quiet; most island hotels closed and ferries reduced; mountain villages cold with snow.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
- Layers: a fleece or light jacket