Alexandroupoli weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Alexandroupoli is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with June and September close behind. Alexandroupoli averages about 2,685 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 45 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,685
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 590 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈17 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 53k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Alexandroupoli?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Alexandroupoli is May, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 75 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Alexandroupoli?
Alexandroupoli gets a lot of sun: around 2,685 hours a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate May (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #32 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,896 hours. The year's 590 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 75 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| February | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 59 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| March | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 51 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| April | 73 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 39 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 87 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 45 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 87 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 40 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 72 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 25 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 74 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 14 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 87 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 41 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 83 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 64 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| November | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| December | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 76 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
Sea temperature in Alexandroupoli by month
The sea off Alexandroupoli is warmest in July at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in January at 12°C / 54°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Mytilene Greece · 207 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Burgas Bulgaria · 230 km · best in Aug · 2,238 h sun/yr
- Istanbul Türkiye · 237 km · best in Jul · 2,201 h sun/yr
- Thessaloniki Greece · 255 km · best in Jun · 2,531 h sun/yr
- Skiathos Greece · 280 km · best in Aug · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Sofia Bulgaria · 294 km · best in Aug · 2,157 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Çanakkale Türkiye · 89 km · 2,654 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kavala Greece · 113 km · 2,613 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Limnos Greece · 121 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Plovdiv Bulgaria · 163 km · 2,200 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Çorlu Türkiye · 168 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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