This year’s Christmas will be “white”, in many areas of the country, as snow showers are expected in some places starting Monday night, December 23, and Tuesday morning.

According to the latest forecast data from meteo.gr / EAA, snowfall is expected to occur in mountainous parts of the mainland and Crete, as well as in areas of Western Macedonia and Epirus with lower altitude.

The forecast map shows the geographical distribution and estimated cumulative snow depth in the country until the end of Tuesday 24/12.

According to meteorologist, Klearchos Marousakis, the reason for this change in the weather landscape is due to an organised barometric low from northwestern Europe, which has reached our country and is accompanied by polar air masses. By Monday evening, thunderstorms will have broken out as far as the islands of the eastern Aegean and snowfall will follow in the mountainous areas of the country.

Tuesday’s weather forecast

Locally heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast in the morning hours of Tuesday, December 24, in eastern Macedonia and Thrace and until the afternoon on the eastern Aegean islands, the Dodecanese and Crete.

In western Greece, the northeastern mainland, the eastern Aegean islands, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades and Crete, cloudy with showers and occasional thunderstorms. The phenomena, which will be locally strong in the morning hours in eastern Macedonia and Thrace and until the afternoon in the eastern Aegean islands, the Dodecanese and Crete, will gradually weaken in the west and north. In the rest of the country the weather will be unsettled with local rain and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

Snowfall will occur in the mountainous areas of the mainland and Crete, as well as in semi-mountainous areas of Macedonia.

Winds in the west will blow from westerly directions 4 to 6 and in the southern sea parts locally 7 Beaufort, quickly weakening and from the afternoon will turn to northeastern 3 to 4 Beaufort. In the east, south-southwestern winds will blow 4 to 6 Beaufort and in the Aegean Sea 7 possibly up to 8 Beaufort, quickly weakening and in the central and northern parts turning to northerly 4 to 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop slightly towards the maximum values. In the west, central and north it will not exceed 10 to 13 degrees (in the northwest 06 to 08 degrees), in the rest of the regions it will reach 13 to 16 and in the Dodecanese up to 17 degrees Celsius. In the morning and evening hours, frost will occur in the central and northern continents.

WEDNESDAY 25-12-2024 (CHRISTMAS)

In the eastern mainland and the Aegean increasing clouds with local showers and mainly in the marine – coastal parts sporadic thunderstorms.
Snowfall will occur in the mountainous areas of the mainland, Evia and Crete and occasionally in some parts of the central and northern parts of the country.
Winds will blow north northeast 4 to 6, in the northern Aegean Sea locally 7 Beaufort, increasing in the evening hours. In the southeastern Aegean, the winds will be westerly southwesterly 4 to 6, gradually turning to southerly southeasterly with the same intensity.
The temperature will drop slightly, mainly in the eastern continents. In the central and northern continental areas it will not exceed 08 to 11 degrees Celsius and in the remaining continental areas and the northern Aegean islands 12 to 14 degrees Celsius, while in the western and southern islands it will reach 15 to 16 degrees Celsius.
In the morning and evening hours, frost will occur in some places on the mainland, possibly locally strong in the northwest.

THURSDAY 26-12-2024 (SECOND DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS)

In the eastern mainland and the Aegean increased clouds with local rain and mainly in the central and southern maritime and coastal parts of the sea – coastal parts sporadic thunderstorms. In the west, clouds partly increasing with local showers. The phenomena in the evening in the west and north will weaken.
Snowfall will occur in the continental mountains, the mountains of Crete and in places in the central and northern highlands.
Winds will blow north northeast 4 to 6, locally in the eastern mainland 7 and in the northern Aegean 7 to 8, increasing in the evening in the northeast locally to 9 Beaufort.
The temperature will drop slightly further, mainly in the north.
In the morning and evening hours frost will occur in some places on the mainland, possibly locally strong in the northwest.

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY 27-12-2024

In Thessaly, the Sporades, eastern Sterea, Euboea and eastern Peloponnese increasing clouds with local rain and in the Cyclades, Crete and the southern parts of the Dodecanese islands sporadic thunderstorms.
In the rest of the country a few clouds, partly cloudy with local showers from the afternoon in Macedonia and Thrace.
Snowfall will occur in the continental highlands and from the evening in some parts of the northern part of the country.
Winds will blow north northeast, in the west 4 to 6, in the east 6 to 7 and in the Aegean Sea 8, possibly occasionally 9 Beaufort, gradually weakening from the afternoon hours.
The temperature will drop again, mainly in the east and north. In the morning and evening hours, frost will occur in places on the continents, possibly locally strong in the northwestern continents.

SATURDAY 28-12-2024

In the west, the central, the north, the islands of the northern and eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese clouds, partly cloudy with local rain and mainly in the southernmost maritime and coastal parts isolated thunderstorms.
In the rest of the country a few clouds, locally increased with local rain in the Cyclades and Crete.
Snowfall will occur in the continental highlands and in places in the central and northern highlands.
Winds will blow north northeast, in the west 4 to 6, in the east 5 to 7 and in the Aegean Sea occasionally 8 Beaufort.
The temperature will not change significantly. In the morning and evening hours in some places on the continents there will be frost, possibly locally strong in the northwestern continents.