Climate and average weather in Alexandroupoli
In Alexandroupoli, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Alexandroupoli typically varies from 4°C to 30°C, and is rarely below -2°C or above 33°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Alexandroupoli for warm-weather activities are from late April to mid July and late August to late October.
- Hottest
- Aug
- 30°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 4°
- Wettest
- Dec
- 103 mm
- Driest
- Aug
- 8 mm
- Rain / yr
- 669 mm
- 80 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.1–14.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 19 m
- 40.8°N
- Clearest
- Aug
- 16% cloud
Alexandroupoli is city in Thrace, Greece.
- Density
- 82/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1875
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Alexandroupoli weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to mid July.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Alexandroupoli, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 7 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Alexandroupoli is August, with an average high of 30°C and low of 22°C.
The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 25 to March 23, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Alexandroupoli is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 9°C.
Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 8°C) in August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Avg low (°C) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 6 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 4 |
| Feb | 10 | 5 |
| Mar | 12 | 7 |
| Apr | 16 | 11 |
| May | 22 | 15 |
| Jun | 27 | 20 |
| Jul | 30 | 22 |
| Aug | 30 | 22 |
| Sep | 26 | 19 |
| Oct | 20 | 14 |
| Nov | 15 | 10 |
| Dec | 10 | 6 |
Average hourly temperature in Alexandroupoli
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 4°C.
Alexandroupoli weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9° / 4° | 83 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 1.8 |
| Feb | 10° / 5° | 78 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 2.2 |
| Mar | 12° / 7° | 73 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 11.7 | 3.5 |
| Apr | 16° / 11° | 47 | 7.1 | 0 | 13.1 | 5.7 |
| May | 22° / 15° | 35 | 6.8 | 0 | 14.2 | 7.4 |
| Jun | 27° / 20° | 27 | 5.5 | 0 | 14.9 | 7.6 |
| Jul | 30° / 22° | 15 | 2.8 | 0 | 14.6 | 6.6 |
| Aug | 30° / 22° | 8 | 1.8 | 0 | 13.6 | 6.5 |
| Sep | 26° / 19° | 32 | 3.7 | 0 | 12.3 | 8.2 |
| Oct | 20° / 14° | 76 | 6.5 | 0 | 10.9 | 7.0 |
| Nov | 15° / 10° | 93 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 4.6 |
| Dec | 10° / 6° | 103 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 2.4 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Alexandroupoli gets about 669 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from around Nov 3 to Apr 19, peaking in December at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 16.
December is the wettest month by volume, with 103 mm over about 10 wet days; August is the driest, with 8 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 34 |
| Rain days | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 10 |
| Feb | 30 | 8 |
| Mar | 30 | 10 |
| Apr | 24 | 7 |
| May | 22 | 7 |
| Jun | 18 | 6 |
| Jul | 9 | 3 |
| Aug | 6 | 2 |
| Sep | 12 | 4 |
| Oct | 21 | 7 |
| Nov | 28 | 9 |
| Dec | 34 | 10 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Alexandroupoli collects about 669 mm of rain across 80 wet days — roughly 56 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 103 mm, while August is the driest at just 8 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 83 | 78 | 73 | 47 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 76 | 93 | 103 |
| Rain days | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Snow days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 83 | 10 | 2 |
| Feb | 78 | 8 | 1 |
| Mar | 73 | 10 | 1 |
| Apr | 47 | 7 | 0 |
| May | 35 | 7 | 0 |
| Jun | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| Jul | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Aug | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct | 76 | 7 | 0 |
| Nov | 93 | 9 | 0 |
| Dec | 103 | 10 | 1 |
Snow in Alexandroupoli
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Alexandroupoli averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 28 to Mar 17 — about 3.6 months.
January is snowiest, with roughly 1.6 days of snow and an estimated 9 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 26 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | 9 |
| Feb | 1 | 5 |
| Mar | 1 | 3 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 1 | 9 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Alexandroupoli, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 13 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 9. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 10 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 12. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 55% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 68 | 85 | 96 | 97 | 82 | 64 | 51 | 45 |
| Cloudier (%) | 54 | 52 | 47 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 49 | 55 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46 | 54 |
| Feb | 48 | 52 |
| Mar | 53 | 47 |
| Apr | 58 | 42 |
| May | 68 | 32 |
| Jun | 85 | 15 |
| Jul | 96 | 4 |
| Aug | 97 | 3 |
| Sep | 82 | 18 |
| Oct | 64 | 36 |
| Nov | 51 | 49 |
| Dec | 45 | 55 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:45 | 7:20 | 6:36 | 5:44 | 5:05 | 4:49 | 5:02 | 5:31 | 6:03 | 6:35 | 7:11 | 7:40 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:07 | 5:42 | 6:16 | 6:49 | 7:21 | 7:44 | 7:42 | 7:10 | 6:19 | 5:28 | 4:52 | 4:45 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.4 | 7:45 | 5:07 |
| Feb | 10.4 | 7:20 | 5:42 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 6:36 | 6:16 |
| Apr | 13.1 | 5:44 | 6:49 |
| May | 14.2 | 5:05 | 7:21 |
| Jun | 14.9 | 4:49 | 7:44 |
| Jul | 14.6 | 5:02 | 7:42 |
| Aug | 13.6 | 5:31 | 7:10 |
| Sep | 12.3 | 6:03 | 6:19 |
| Oct | 10.9 | 6:35 | 5:28 |
| Nov | 9.7 | 7:11 | 4:52 |
| Dec | 9.1 | 7:40 | 4:45 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Alexandroupoli averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 28 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around May 27 to Oct 6. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is December, down near 9 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | Mixed |
| Feb | 9 | Mixed |
| Mar | 11 | Mixed |
| Apr | 12 | Mixed |
| May | 15 | Mixed |
| Jun | 21 | Bright |
| Jul | 27 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 28 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 21 | Bright |
| Oct | 14 | Mixed |
| Nov | 10 | Mixed |
| Dec | 10 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Alexandroupoli, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around May 21 to October 8. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 72% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 9 to May 20, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 58 | 81 | 97 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 3 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 45 | 40 | 43 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 92 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 45 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun | 10 | 25 | 45 | 20 | 0 |
| Jul | 3 | 23 | 40 | 32 | 2 |
| Aug | 4 | 24 | 43 | 27 | 2 |
| Sep | 28 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 0 |
| Oct | 58 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov | 81 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 97 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Alexandroupoli is typically light breeze, near 16 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Oct 7 to Apr 2. The windiest month is February, averaging about 18 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 3 to Oct 6, with June the calmest month at about 12 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | light breeze |
| Feb | 18 | light breeze |
| Mar | 17 | light breeze |
| Apr | 15 | light breeze |
| May | 13 | light breeze |
| Jun | 12 | light breeze |
| Jul | 14 | light breeze |
| Aug | 15 | light breeze |
| Sep | 15 | light breeze |
| Oct | 16 | light breeze |
| Nov | 17 | light breeze |
| Dec | 18 | light breeze |
Hazard calendar for Alexandroupoli
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Alexandroupoli's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Alexandroupoli
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Alexandroupoli throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early July, Alexandroupoli is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Alexandroupoli for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to mid July and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the third week of September.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | good | good | ideal | good | good | ideal | good | fair | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 | poor |
| Feb | 2.3 | poor |
| Mar | 3.5 | poor |
| Apr | 5.7 | good |
| May | 7.3 | good |
| Jun | 7.6 | ideal |
| Jul | 6.6 | good |
| Aug | 6.5 | good |
| Sep | 8.1 | ideal |
| Oct | 7.0 | good |
| Nov | 4.7 | fair |
| Dec | 2.4 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Alexandroupoli for hot-weather activities is from mid June to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Alexandroupoli, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 9°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.
In August, Alexandroupoli sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
Sea temperature near Alexandroupoli
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 12°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from May 29 to Oct 18 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
| Comfort | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Cool | Refreshing | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Refreshing | Cool | Bracing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | Bracing |
| Feb | 12 | Bracing |
| Mar | 12 | Bracing |
| Apr | 14 | Bracing |
| May | 18 | Cool |
| Jun | 23 | Refreshing |
| Jul | 25 | Warm |
| Aug | 25 | Warm |
| Sep | 23 | Refreshing |
| Oct | 20 | Refreshing |
| Nov | 17 | Cool |
| Dec | 14 | Bracing |
UV index (midday) in Alexandroupoli by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alexandroupoli peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Level | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Very high | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Low |
| Feb | 2 | Moderate |
| Mar | 4 | Moderate |
| Apr | 8 | Very high |
| May | 7 | High |
| Jun | 9 | Very high |
| Jul | 9 | Very high |
| Aug | 9 | Very high |
| Sep | 6 | High |
| Oct | 4 | Moderate |
| Nov | 2 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Alexandroupoli
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 3.5 | 0 |
| Apr | 7 | 3.5 |
| May | 7.5 | 3.5 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 5 |
| Jul | 8 | 5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| Sep | 6 | 1 |
| Oct | 4 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
Alexandroupoli is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 21 to December 17 (300 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 85 | 87 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 91 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 85 | 31 |
| Feb | 87 | 21 |
| Mar | 97 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 99 | 0 |
| Dec | 91 | 14 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Alexandroupoli banks about 2,409 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 105 | 260 | 393 | 491 | 499 | 364 | 222 | 70 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 7 |
| Apr | 105 |
| May | 260 |
| Jun | 393 |
| Jul | 491 |
| Aug | 499 |
| Sep | 364 |
| Oct | 222 |
| Nov | 70 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Alexandroupoli receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.6 and 7.2 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 24. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 1.6 kWh/m² — roughly 77% less than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Level | Dim | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Dim |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 | Dim |
| Feb | 2.8 | Moderate |
| Mar | 4.1 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.4 | Bright |
| May | 6.4 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.0 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.1 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.4 | Intense |
| Sep | 4.9 | Bright |
| Oct | 3.3 | Moderate |
| Nov | 2.1 | Moderate |
| Dec | 1.6 | Dim |
Where is Alexandroupoli?
Alexandroupoli sits at 40.8°N, 25.9°E, 19 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Komotiní, 49 km away.
Topography around Alexandroupoli
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alexandroupoli.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Alexandroupoli has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,580 m.
The land around Alexandroupoli is covered by water (38%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (45%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and water (39%), trees (27%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.
Greece travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 1
- Exercise Normal Precautions
- Power plugs
- Type C / F
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 60% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $26,948
- 2025
- Happiness
- 5.7 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 97%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 0.8
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 8.3
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- English
- High
- EF EPI 592
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alexandroupoli (40.8499°, 25.8764°, elevation 19 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).