New Year’s Day will be wintry, with low temperatures across the country. In Attica, the thermometer will range from 2 to 9 degrees Celsius, while in Thessaloniki it will plunge to -3°C.

According to EMY, frost will occur during the morning and evening hours on the mainland, locally strong in northern areas.

In western and northern regions, the weather on New Year’s Day will generally be clear, with temporarily increased cloud cover until the early morning hours in eastern Macedonia and Thrace, as well as in the eastern parts of Halkidiki, bringing sleet and, locally in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas as well as in lower-altitude areas (indicatively 300–350 meters), light snowfall, followed by rapid improvement.

In the rest of the country, there will be a few clouds, locally increased, with local rain, sleet in the northernmost areas, and temporary snowfall in mountainous areas as well as in central and northern semi-mountainous regions. After midday, phenomena will cease in most areas, continuing only in Crete until the evening.

Winds will blow from northern directions at 4 to 5 Beaufort, 6 Beaufort over the seas and locally up to 7 Beaufort in the Aegean, gradually weakening from the afternoon in western, central, and northern regions.

Temperatures will drop slightly further, mainly in the south, and remain at low levels nationwide. They will not exceed 5–6°C in the north, 7–10°C in eastern mainland areas, and 11–13°C in the rest of the country, locally reaching 14°C in southern Crete and the Dodecanese. Frost will occur in the morning and evening hours on the mainland, locally strong in northern areas.

Detailed Forecast for New Year’s Day

ATTICA
Weather: Cloudy with temporary increases during the early hours, with occasional light local rain and, in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas as well as lower-altitude areas (indicatively 350–400 meters), light snowfall. Rapidly becoming generally clear.
Winds: Northerly 4–6 Beaufort, temporarily up to 7 Beaufort in eastern areas. From midday, variable light winds (2–4 Beaufort).
Temperature: From 2°C to 9°C, 2–3 degrees lower in northern areas.

THESSALONIKI
Weather: Generally clear.
Winds: Northerly to northwesterly 5–6 Beaufort, rapidly weakening. From midday, variable light winds (2–3 Beaufort).
Temperature: From -3°C to 6°C.

MACEDONIA – THRACE
Weather: In eastern Macedonia, Thrace, and eastern Halkidiki, temporarily increased cloud cover until early morning with sleet and, locally in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas as well as lower-altitude areas (300–350 meters), light snowfall, followed by rapid improvement. Elsewhere, generally clear.
Winds: Northerly 4–5 Beaufort, locally up to 6 Beaufort over the sea, quickly weakening. From midday, variable 3–4 Beaufort.
Temperature: From -5°C to 5–6°C. In western Macedonia, from -10°C to 3–4°C.

IONIAN ISLANDS – EPIRUS – WESTERN CENTRAL GREECE – WESTERN PELOPONNESE
Weather: Generally clear with a few temporary clouds in southern areas.
Winds: Northerly 3–5 Beaufort, in the Ionian temporarily up to 6 Beaufort until morning. From midday, variable light winds (2–3 Beaufort).
Temperature: From 3°C to 11–12°C. Inland Epirus from -7°C to 4°C.

THESSALY – EASTERN CENTRAL GREECE – EUBOEA – EASTERN PELOPONNESE
Weather: In Thessaly, generally clear with a few temporary clouds in the morning. Elsewhere, a few clouds temporarily increased until morning with local rain or sleet and light snowfall in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, gradually becoming generally clear.
Winds: Northerly 4–5 Beaufort and in coastal areas 6, locally 7 Beaufort, gradually weakening from the north.
Temperature: From -2°C to 10°C, 2–3 degrees lower in northern areas.

CYCLADES – CRETE
Weather: Temporarily increased cloud cover with local rain and light snowfall in mountainous areas. Phenomena will gradually cease from midday in the Cyclades, while in Crete they will continue until evening.
Winds: Northerly 6–7 Beaufort, gradually weakening. From afternoon, northerly to northeasterly 4–6 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 4°C to 12°C, locally up to 14°C in southern Crete.

EASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS – DODECANESE
Weather: Temporarily increased cloud cover until morning with local rain and, on the Eastern Aegean islands, temporary snowfall or sleet. Gradually becoming generally clear.
Winds: On the Eastern Aegean islands, northerly to northeasterly 4–6 Beaufort, gradually weakening. In the Dodecanese, northerly to northwesterly 5–6 Beaufort, temporarily locally up to 7 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 0°C to 10°C; in the Dodecanese from 6°C to 13–14°C.

Weather on Friday, January 2

Initially almost clear across most of the country, with local cloud cover that will quickly increase in western regions. From midday, local rain will occur in the northern Ionian and Epirus, with scattered thunderstorms in the Ionian. In the evening, phenomena will spread to other western areas.

Snowfall will occur from the afternoon in the mountainous areas of Epirus and at night in the mountains of Central Greece and temporarily in the mountains of the Peloponnese.

Winds will be southerly to southwesterly 3–5 Beaufort, and in southeastern areas westerly to northwesterly of the same intensity. From midday in the Ionian and gradually locally in the Aegean, winds will strengthen to 5–6 Beaufort, further increasing at night.

Temperatures will rise, mainly in maximum values, though frost will again occur early in the morning on the mainland. They will reach 8–10°C in the north, 11–14°C in eastern mainland areas, and 15–16°C elsewhere.

Weather on Saturday, January 3

Rain and scattered thunderstorms in western regions. Elsewhere, temporarily increased cloud cover with local rain mainly in the eastern Aegean, Thrace, and eastern Peloponnese, where isolated thunderstorms may also occur. Temporary snowfall will occur in western mainland mountainous areas during the morning.

Winds will be southerly to southwesterly 5–6 Beaufort, 7 Beaufort over the seas and locally up to 8 Beaufort in the Aegean. Temperatures will rise further.

Forecast for Sunday, January 4

Sparse clouds, locally and at times dense. Local rain mainly in western regions, the eastern Aegean, and Thrace. Winds will be southerly to southwesterly 5–7 Beaufort, locally up to 8 Beaufort in the northern and central Aegean. Temperatures will show no significant change.

Weather on Monday, January 5

Cloudy with rain in western, northern, and eastern Aegean regions. Possibility of scattered thunderstorms in the northwest. Winds will blow from southern directions at 4–6 Beaufort and locally up to 7 Beaufort over the seas. Temperatures will rise mainly in western areas.

Snow on New Year’s Eve

Weather conditions on New Year’s Eve were distinctly wintry. In Attica, sleet and some snow fell in places, though phenomena were not intense. Snow fell in Ippokrateios Politeia, Kapandriti, and on Mount Parnitha, where traffic was halted from the level of the cable car.