The forecasters are insisting that the weekend’s dust and summer temperatures will be followed by a spectacular drop and very wintry weather. The highest temperatures will be recorded on Saturday in northern Crete, where they will reach 30 degrees, possibly very locally a little more. In the middle of the new week winter will return with very low temperatures. Then spring temperatures will return.

According to meteorologist George Tsatraphyllia, bitter cold is coming with spring taking a pause. “Ukrainian snow for 90+ hours will drop the temperature 20 degrees…” he writes of the changing weather in the coming days.

He says that on Wednesday, the temperature in Athens will drop to 8 degrees, while snow will fall in the mountains and at lower altitudes.

The meteorologist of OPEN, Klearhos Marousakis, spoke of an “extreme change” in the weather in the middle of next week, describing that from high temperatures for the season and African dust, we will go to bitter cold and even snow in areas with low altitudes.

“That is, in a short period of time, from the deep spring and African dust, we will go to bitter cold, even snow at low altitudes in the middle of next week,” Marousakis said.

As he explained, “African dust will persist until Sunday, as a new episode is heading to our country from today, but mainly Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by warm air masses, which means that the atmosphere will also be quite demoralizing. But from Monday, the African dust is clearing away, the atmosphere is clearing and we will be heading into a winter flare, a fast period of very wintry weather.”

According to Marousakis, “the weather change will last 3 to 4 days. It will start on Wednesday and by the weekend this extreme change will complete its action.”

The temperature was close to 30 degrees on Friday

At the same time, particularly high temperatures were recorded across the country on Friday (3/14).

The highest maximum temperature was recorded at the weather station in Livadia and was equal to 28.7˚C, while the average maximum temperature across the country was 7.4˚C above the normal for the season (average value 2010-2019).

The map below shows the maximum temperatures up to 16:30 on Friday, while the inset table shows the 8 highest maximum values from 528 weather stations of the network of automatic weather stations of the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr.

Today’s weather

The weather is expected to be generally clear, with scattered clouds in the west and north, and sunny in the south, but with a high concentration of Saharan dust.

The temperature will be very high for the season, in Western Macedonia from 5 to 21 degrees Celsius, in the rest of Northern Greece from 6 to 22-23 degrees Celsius, in Thessaly from 5 to 25 degrees Celsius, in Epirus from 4 to 25 degrees Celsius, in the rest of the mainland from 7 to 26-29 degrees Celsius, in the Ionian Islands from 8 to 22 degrees Celsius, in the North Aegean islands from 9 to 22 degrees Celsius, and in the rest of the Aegean islands and in Crete from 9 to 27-30 degrees Celsius.

In the Aegean Sea, the winds will be generally south-southeast with intensities of up to 4-5 Beaufort. In the Ionian Sea the winds will blow generally southeast with intensities up to 5-6 Beaufort.

In Attica the weather is expected to be generally clear with some clouds. The winds will blow south with intensities up to 2-3 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 15 to 23-25 degrees Celsius.

In Thessaloniki some clouds are expected. The winds will blow from south-southeast directions with intensities up to 2-3 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 13 to 23 degrees Celsius

The weather on Sunday (16/03)

Scattered clouds in the northwest and Macedonia, where mainly in the midday and afternoon hours there will be occasional local rain. The transport of African dust is favoured throughout the country.

Winds will blow from southern directions 4 to 6 and in the Aegean Sea locally 7 to 8 Beaufort, gradually from the midday hours and from the west will turn to western northwestern 4 to 6 Beaufort.

Despite a slight drop in the west and north, the temperature will remain high for the season. It will reach 21 to 23 degrees Celsius in the north, 25 to 26 degrees in the rest of the country and 28 to 30 degrees Celsius in northern Crete.

The weather on Monday 17-03-2025

Scattered clouds in the west and north, where there will be occasional local showers. The phenomena will intensify from noon in the north and isolated thunderstorms will occur. Light snowfall will occur in the northern mountains.

The winds will blow west northwest 4 to 5 Beaufort and in the sea locally 6 to 7 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius.

The weather on Tuesday (18/03)

Increasing clouds with local rain and in the east sporadic thunderstorms. Snowfall will occur in the central and northern mountainous areas and from the evening possibly in hilly areas.

Winds will blow from the north at 5 to 6 Beaufort, while in the afternoon they will increase to 6 to 7 and in the northern Aegean up to 8 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop significantly to 7 to 9 degrees Celsius.

The weather on Wednesday (19/03)

In the west a few clouds, partly cloudy with light local rain. In the rest of the country cloudy with showers and occasional thunderstorms. Snowfall will occur in the mainland mountains, the mountains of Evia and Crete as well as in semi-mountainous areas of central and northern Greece.

Winds will blow from the north at 5 to 6 Beaufort, in the east 6 to 7 and in the Aegean Sea locally 8 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop slightly further. Frost will occur in places on the continental areas in the morning and evening hours.