Athens is typically warm in October.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +82°F to +73°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +68°F to +61°F.

It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.

Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Athens:

Water in Athens in October is Comfortable. It varies from +68°F to +76°F, with an average of +72°F. This is almost similar to the air temperature, which averages +73°F.

In October, water temperatures are average relative to the rest of the year:

October typically has worse weather conditions compared to September. It’s getting colder in October. From +82°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +73°F. As October arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 61 mm to 60 mm. Humidity rises from 53% to 62%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during October, staying around 3 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 20 sunny days in September to 15 in October.

November brings much the same weather, it remains good.

The climate in Athens in October has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+68°F) and the highest in 2024 (+75°F). The driest year was 2000 with only 170 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2022 with 5004 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Athens, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.