A cool breathe after a week-long heatwave as of today, Monday, and an even better weather improvement as of tomorrow, Tuesday, when temperature in Greece will start decreasing to seasonal levels. Greeks and tourists will start feeling a kind of summer normality and get rid of the feeling they will in a hot baking oven.
Meteorologists forecast an average temperature at 36 degrees Celsius for the week and expect that the atmosphere to start cooling down first in the Ionian islands and the western mainland.
Still on Sunday, July 27, though, the heatwave was alive and kicking and temperature reached 40-42 degrees Celsius in several parts of Central and south mainland, with the maximum at 6:10 p.m. 42.4° C in Thiva (Viotia), 42.3° C in Fthiotida, 42.3° C in the city of Karditsa and 41.8° C in Kranidi, NE Peloponnese.
Well-known meteorologist Theodoris Kolydas predicts a definitive end to the heatwave on Tuesday.
🥵⚠️Δευτέρα ≤ 39 – Οριστική λήξη του καύσωνα την Τρίτη.
✔️Δεν νομίζω να στεναχωρηθεί κάποιος που θα του "λείψουν" για πολλές μέρες οι αποχρώσεις του μωβ !@Starchannelnew1 @CivPro_GR pic.twitter.com/y5qwxrmKgA— Theodoros Kolydas (@KolydasT) July 27, 2025
Meteorologists forecast the relative pleasant weather conditions to last throughout the week July 28 – August 2, 2025.
On Monday, clouds will develop locally in the northern mountainous areas during the midday and afternoon hours. Local showers late at nightin the northwest. Winds will blow west, central and southern west northwest with intensity 4-6 Beaufort and in the rest of the country variable 3-4 Beaufort.
Temperature will drop, however, in the eastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese it will remain at relatively high levels. The maximum values will reach 34 – 36° C in the West, the Cyclades and Crete and 36 – 38° C in the rest of the country. Locally in the eastern mainland up to 39 degrees Celsius.
Nevertheless, as temperature will remain high in Athens also on Monday, July 28, there is again a ban for outdoor works including delivery services between 2 and 5 p.m.
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