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Satellite view of Megali Ammos; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Megali Ammos

GreeceThessaly · Greece · Mediterranean Sea

39.1628, 23.4802 · Skiáthos, 1 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 11.9 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Megali Ammos. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Megali Ammos in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high18°C at night
  • 21°CSea temperature
  • 5.5 hSunshine a day
  • 7 daysRainy days in the month52 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 71Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 3 kmAirport: Skiathos Island National Airport (JSI)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 21.8 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August26 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August16 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan14°3 h67 mm
  2. Feb14°4 h58 mm
  3. Mar14°6 h60 mm
  4. Apr15°8 h34 mm
  5. May18°10 h26 mm
  6. Jun23°11 h29 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h20 mm
  8. Aug26°11 h16 mm
  9. Sep24°8 h43 mm
  10. Oct21°6 h52 mm
  11. Nov18°4 h61 mm
  12. Dec16°2 h88 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 15°May: 18°Jun: 23°Jul: 25°Aug: 26°Sep: 24°Oct: 21°Nov: 18°Dec: 16°26°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Feb: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Mar: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Apr: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)May: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 17°)Jun: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Sep: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Oct: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 18°)Nov: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)Dec: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)26°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 67 mmFeb: 58 mmMar: 60 mmApr: 34 mmMay: 26 mmJun: 29 mmJul: 20 mmAug: 16 mm16Sep: 43 mmOct: 52 mmNov: 61 mmDec: 88 mm88

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.9 hFeb: 4.0 hMar: 5.6 hApr: 7.6 hMay: 9.6 hJun: 11.3 hJul: 11.9 h11.9Aug: 10.8 hSep: 7.9 hOct: 5.5 hNov: 3.6 hDec: 2.5 h2.5

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Megali Ammos: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Megali Ammos: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1291467102.921
February129145894.021
March1410146085.618
April1713153467.616
May2117182669.613
June25222329411.313
July28242520311.914
Augustwarmest sea28252616310.816
September2522244367.916
October2018215275.517
November1714186183.618
December13111688102.521

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Megali Ammos: Aerial view of Megali Ammos Beach, Skiathos, Greece (51694922032)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Megali Ammos: The Aegean Sea at Megali Ammos Beach, Skiathos, Greece (51695712866)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Megali Ammos: Ftelia beach - panoramio
Photo: TomasEE · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.2 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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