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]   
The lowest temperature ever recorded was -27.8 °C in Ptolemaida  on the 27th of January 1963 (a sinkhole  in Kechroti recorded -35.3 °C in January of 2012).[ 4] [ 5]  
According to the national press of the time, on the 10th of July 1977 the Hellenic National Meteorological Service  station in Almyros  recorded 49.0 °C, the second station in Tatoi (belonging to the National Observatory of Athens ) recorded 48.7 °C [ 6]   and the stations in Volos , Velestino  and Messara registered 48.0 °C (these readings have not been confirmed).[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]  
On the night between 25 and 26 of June 2007 the temperature did not drop below 38.0 °C in the Palaiochora  National Observatory of Athens  station.[ 11]   On the night of the 11th of January 2021 the National Observatory of Athens  station in Falasarna  recorded a temperature of 28.3 °C due to strong Föhn winds while the minimum temperature for that day was 22.6 °C marking both the highest January temperature during a night and the highest January minimum temperature ever recorded in Greece.[ 12]   
[ 13] [ 14]  
 
Highest temperatures 
Locations where temperature has reached or surpassed 46.0 °C (114.8 °F)
 
Elefsina  holds the record for the highest temperature recorded in Greece  and Continental Europe  at 48.0 °C (118.4 °F) 
Temperature
 
Location
 
Date Recorded
  
48.0 °C (118.4 °F)[ 15] [ 1]  
 
Elefsina  (Athens)
 
July 10, 1977
  
48.0 °C (118.4 °F)[ 15]  
 
Tatoi  (Athens)
 
July 10, 1977
  
47.5 °C (117.5 °F)[ 16]  
 
Aspropyrgos  (Athens)
 
June 26, 2007
  
47.5 °C (117.5 °F)[ 15]  
 
Nea Filadelfeia  (Athens)
 
June 26, 2007
  
47.2 °C (117.0 °F)[ 4] [ 17]  
 
Trikala  (Thessaly)
 
August 23, 1958
  
47.1 °C (116.8 °F)[ 18] [ note 1]  
 
Lagkadas  (Macedonia)
 
August 3, 2021
  
46.5 °C (115.7 °F)[ 15]  
 
Lamia  (Central Greece)
 
July 19, 1973
  
46.4 °C (115.5 °F)[ 15]  
 
Argos  (Peloponnese)
 
June 26, 2007
  
46.4 °C (115.5 °F)[ 15] [ 19]  
 
Elefsina  (Athens)
 
July 19, 1973
  
46.4 °C (115.5 °F)[ 20]  
 
Gytheio  (Peloponnese)
 
July 23, 2023
  
46.3 °C (115.3 °F)[ 21]  
 
Argos  (Peloponnese)
 
August 3, 2021
  
46.3 °C (115.3 °F)[ 22]  
 
Makrakomi  (Central Greece)
 
August 2, 2021
  
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[ 23]  
 
Avlonas  (Attica)
 
July 26, 2023
  
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[ 15]  
 
Nea Anchialos  (Thessaly)
 
July 19, 1973
  
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[ 15]  
 
Nea Filadelfeia  (Athens)
 
June 26, 2007
  
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[ 24]  
 
Makrakomi  (Central Greece)
 
August 3, 2021
  
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[ 15] [ 25]  
 
Nea Filadelfeia  (Athens)
 
July 25, 2007
  
46.2 °C (115.2 °F)[ 26]  
 
Palaiochora  (Crete)
 
Unknown date
  
46.1 °C (115.0 °F)[ 27]  
 
Agia Triada, Phthiotis (Central Greece)
 
July 26, 2023
  
46.1 °C (115.0 °F)[ 24]  
 
Arfara  (Peloponnese)
 
August 3, 2021
  
46.1 °C (115.0 °F)[ 28]  
 
Filothei  (Athens)
 
August 3, 2021
  
46.0 °C (114.8 °F)[ 15]  
 
Tanagra  (Central Greece)
 
July 19, 1973
  
46.0 °C (114.8 °F)[ 15] [ 25]  
 
Argos  (Peloponnese)
 
July 25, 2007
  
46.0 °C (114.8 °F)[ 4]  
 
Astros  (Peloponnese)
 
June 26, 2007
  
46.0 °C (114.8 °F)[ 29]  
 
Sparta  (Peloponnese)
 
August 24, 1924
  
45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[ 30]  
 
Magoula  (Athens)
 
August 3, 2021
  
45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[ 24]  
 
Stylida  (Central Greece)
 
August 3, 2021
  
45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[ 31]  
 
Moires  (Crete)
 
July 1, 2017
  
45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[ 15]  
 
Ilion  (Athens)
 
June 26, 2007
  
45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[ 32]  
 
Amfissa  (Central Greece)
 
July 23, 2023
  
45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[ 33]  
 
Kranidi  (Peloponnese)
 
July 23, 2023
  
45.8 °C (114.4 °F)[ 24]  
 
Kranidi  (Peloponnese)
 
August 3, 2021
  
45.8 °C (114.4 °F)[ 15] [ 34]  
 
Elefsina  (Athens)
 
June 24, 2007
  
45.8 °C (114.4 °F)[ 35]  
 
Skala, Messenia   (Peloponnese)
 
July 25, 2025
  
Notes 
Highest temperatures per month 
Month
  
Location
 
Temperature
 
Date Recorded
  
January
 
Vryses [ 36] [ 37]  
 
30.4 °C (87 °F)
 
January 1, 2010
  
February
 
Vryses [ 38] [ 39]  
 
32.1 °C (90 °F)
 
February 20, 2010
  
March
 
Fodele  [ 40] [ 41]  
 
34.9 °C (95 °F)
 
March 16, 2025
  
April
 
Heraklion [ 42]  
 
37.5 °C (100 °F)
 
April 22, 2008
  
May
 
Plora [ 42]  
 
41.8 °C (107 °F)
 
May 16, 2020
  
June
 
Nea Filadelfeia [ 15]   and Aspropyrgos [ 16]  
 
47.5 °C (117 °F)
 
June 26, 2007
  
July
 
Elefsina  and Tatoi [ 15] [ 1]  
 
48.0 °C (118 °F)
 
July 10, 1977
  
August
 
Trikala [ 4] [ 17]  
 
47.2 °C (117 °F)
 
August 23, 1958
  
September
 
Larissa  and Sivas [ 43]  
 
41.9 °C (107 °F)
 
September 5 and 7, 2015 respectively
  
October
 
Souda [ 42] [ 44]  
 
40.0 °C (104 °F)
 
October 19, 1979
  
November
 
Sisi [ 45] [ 46] [ 47] [ note 1]  
 
35.1 °C (95 °F)
 
November 4, 2023
  
December
 
Vryses  and Heraklion  [ 42] [ 48]  
 
29.6 °C (85 °F)
 
December 1 and 2, 2010 respectively
  
Notes 
^    35.2 °C (95 °F) was recorded in Fodele  on the same day but has not been explicitly sourced as a record [2] . 
 
  
Highest minimum temperatures 
Lowest temperatures 
Some locations where temperature fell at or under −21.0 °C (−5.8 °F)
 
Temperature
 
Location
 
Date Recorded
  
−27.8 °C (−18.0 °F)[ 4]  
 
Ptolemaida  (Macedonia)
 
January 27, 1963
  
−25.1 °C (−13.2 °F)[ 61]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 18, 2012
  
−25.1 °C (−13.2 °F)[ 62]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 17, 2012
  
−25.1 °C (−13.2 °F)[ 63]  
 
Neos Kafkasos  (Macedonia)
 
February 16, 2021
  
−25.0 °C (−13.0 °F)[ 4]  
 
Kavala  (Macedonia)
 
January 27, 1954
  
−24.5 °C (−12.1 °F)[ 64]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 16, 2012
  
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F)[ 4]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
February 4, 1929
  
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F)[ 65]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 8, 2019
  
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F)[ 4]  
 
Serres  (Macedonia)
 
January 27, 1963
  
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F)[ 4]  
 
Kastoria  (Macedonia)
 
December 19, 2001
  
−22.7 °C (−8.9 °F)[ 66]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 16, 2012
  
−22.4 °C (−8.3 °F)[ 67]  
 
Kastoria  (Macedonia)
 
January 6, 1993
  
−22.4 °C (−8.3 °F)[ 68]  
 
Neos Kafkasos  (Macedonia)
 
January 6, 2019
  
−22.2 °C (−8.0 °F)[ 69]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 16, 2012
  
−22.0 °C (−7.6 °F)[ 70]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 6, 1993
  
−21.6 °C (−6.9 °F)[ 4]  
 
Larissa  (Thessaly)
 
January 15, 1968
  
−21.4 °C (−6.5 °F)[ 71]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 9, 1990
  
−21.4 °C (−6.5 °F)[ 72]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 6, 2019
  
−21.3 °C (−6.3 °F)[ 73]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 8, 2017
  
−21.1 °C (−6.0 °F)[ 74]  
 
Florina  (Macedonia)
 
January 20, 1967
  
−21.0 °C (−5.8 °F)[ 4]  
 
Trikala  (Thessaly)
 
December 19, 2001
  
Lowest temperatures per month 
Sinkholes lowest temperatures 
Temperature
 
Location
 
Date Recorded
  
−35.3 °C (−31.5 °F)[ 85]  
 
Mainalo  (Kechroti sinkhole)
 
17 January 2012
  
−33.1 °C (−27.6 °F)[ 85]  
 
Mount Parnassus  (Sesi sinkhole)
 
17 January 2012
  
−32.9 °C (−27.2 °F)[ 85]  
 
Mainalo  (Kechroti sinkhole)
 
8 January 2015
  
−32.8 °C (−27.0 °F)[ 85]  
 
Mainalo  (Kechroti sinkhole)
 
9 January 2017
  
−32.5 °C (−26.5 °F)[ 85]  
 
Mainalo  (Kechroti sinkhole)
 
26 January 2011
  
−31.6 °C (−24.9 °F)[ 85]  
 
Mount Parnassus  (Sesi sinkhole)
 
15 February 2015
  
Sinkholes lowest temperatures per month 
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