Europe · Southern Europe
Greece
Photo: George E. Koronaios · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Athens
- Currency
- EUR
- Euro
- Local time
- Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +30
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F
Facts
Greece in figures
- Capital
- Athens
- Currency
- Euro EURToday's indicative rate: EUR 1 ≈ USD 1.12Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: GreekSpoken: Greek, English and French
- Time zones
- Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +30
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 100police112general emergency166ambulance199fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 10,413,962 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 131,940 km²
- Internet domain
- .gr
- Land borders
- AlbaniaBulgariaNorth MacedoniaTürkiye
When to go
Climate across Greece
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | 12° | 13° | 15° | 19° | 25° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 28° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Thessaloníki | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 30° | 33° | 33° | 27° | 21° | 15° | 9° |
| Irákleion | 14° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Pátrai | 9° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 28° | 32° | 32° | 26° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Fira | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Cities good for going, of 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Mostly sea in the model's grid cell: the highs shown run lower than on land.
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Greece is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Greece
Airports
Airports in Greece
Large airports
- SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportThessaloníki
- HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportIrákleion
- RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Rhodes
- KVAKavala Alexander the Great International AirportKavála
- CHQChania International AirportChania
- CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportCorfu
- ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportArtémida
- KGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Kos
- JTRSantorini International AirportFira
Photographs
Greece in pictures
AthensPhoto: Thomas Wolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
FiraPhoto: Manuco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Guides
Our guides in Greece
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Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
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