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The climate in Greece is predominantly Mediterranean. However, due to the country's geography, Greece has a wide range of micro-climates and local variations. The Greek mainland is extremely mountainous, making Greece one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. [ 1][ 2] To the west of the Pindus mountain range, the climate is generally ...
The Greek islands typically has very favourable weather conditions with warm temperatures and sunny weather. [30] However, studies are indicating that thermal comfort-based temperature may decrease in the summer period, but increase in spring, autumn and winter, which may alter the tourism industry. [ 30 ]
The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures ever recorded in Greece. Greece has recorded a high temperature of 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area ). In June 2007, Monemvasia in mainland Greece recorded a minimum temperature of 35.9 °C. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Paxos ( Greek: Παξός) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi ( Greek: Παξοί, pronounced / pækˈsiː / in English and [paˈksi] in Greek). The main town and the seat of the municipality is ...
Crete is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Greece. 15% of all arrivals in Greece come through the city of Heraklion (port and airport), while charter journeys to Heraklion make up about 20% of all charter flights in Greece Archived 29 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. The number of hotel beds on the island increased by 53% in the ...
From 29 to 30 September, Zorbas produced flash flooding in Greece and parts of western Turkey, with the storm dropping as much as 200 mm (7.9 in) in Greece and spawning multiple waterspouts. Three people were reporting missing in Greece after the flash floods; one person was found dead, but the other two individuals remained missing, as of 3 ...
Kythira. / 36.25750°N 22.99750°E / 36.25750; 22.99750. Kythira ( / kɪˈθɪərə, ˈkɪθɪrə / kih-THEER-ə, KITH-irr-ə; Greek: Κύθηρα [ˈciθira] ), also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira, [ a] is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed ...
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 [4] [note 1] occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos.Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the Turkish city İzmir, 70 km (43 mi) northeast that was heavily affected—more than 700 residential and commercial structures were seriously damaged or destroyed.