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Satellite view of Plaz Votsalákia; 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

Plaz Votsalákia

GreeceAttica · Greece · Mediterranean Sea

37.9357, 23.6551 · Piraeus, 1 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 32°High · July
  • 12.2 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Plaz Votsalákia. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plaz Votsalákia in October

  • 23°CAir, daytime high16°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 5.8 hSunshine a day
  • 6 daysRainy days in the month49 mm in total
  • 16 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
  • 76Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Plaz Votsalákia ↗
  • 25 kmAirport: Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.6 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.7 °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 August8 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°3 h66 mm
  2. Feb15°4 h58 mm
  3. Mar15°6 h53 mm
  4. Apr16°8 h30 mm
  5. May19°10 h21 mm
  6. Jun22°12 h20 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h12 mm
  8. Aug26°11 h8 mm
  9. Sep25°8 h29 mm
  10. Oct23°6 h49 mm
  11. Nov20°4 h69 mm
  12. Dec17°3 h86 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: 15°Feb: 15°Mar: 15°Apr: 16°May: 19°Jun: 22°Jul: 25°Aug: 26°Sep: 25°Oct: 23°Nov: 20°Dec: 17°26°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)Feb: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)Mar: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Apr: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 10°)May: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 15°)Jun: 25 °C (High 30° / Low 20°)Jul: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 23°)Aug: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 23°)Sep: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Oct: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 16°)Nov: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Dec: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 8°)28°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 66 mmFeb: 58 mmMar: 53 mmApr: 30 mmMay: 21 mmJun: 20 mmJul: 12 mmAug: 8 mm8Sep: 29 mmOct: 49 mmNov: 69 mmDec: 86 mm86

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.2 hFeb: 4.1 hMar: 5.9 hApr: 7.8 hMay: 9.5 hJun: 11.5 hJul: 12.2 h12.2Aug: 11.2 hSep: 8.3 hOct: 5.8 hNov: 4.0 hDec: 2.8 h2.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Plaz Votsalákia: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1261566103.218
February137155894.118
March158155385.916
April1910163067.815
May2515192159.513
June30202220311.514
July32232512212.216
Augustwarmest sea3223268211.218
September2820252948.315
October2316234965.816
November1812206994.016
December1481786102.818

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Photos

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

Plaz Votsalákia: 20200104 Votsalakia Beach Piraeus Q25166884
Photo: Magnus Manske · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plaz Votsalákia: Panorama Botsalakia - panoramio
Photo: frang947 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plaz Votsalákia: Piraeus, Koumoundourou 01
Photo: Palickap · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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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 POWER11 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.111 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 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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