Fair weather with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius, strong southern winds and a veil of Sahara dust covering large parts of Greece prepare the spring mood for Easter 2025 on April 20, 2025.
On the bright side are the temperatures that started to rise already yesterday, Wednesday, April 16. In several areas in western Greece, they reached 30° C and are expected to remain at the same levels also in the following days.
Temperature forecasts sees 25 to 27 degrees Celsius in western Greece and 23 to 25 Celsius in the rest regions. Starting on Good Friday, temperature is forecast to drop by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius. However, they will continue to be above 20° C, which is the average maximum temperature.
Indicative Maps: April 17-21, 2025
Sahara Dust
A veil of African dust covers Greece as of today, Thursday, April 17. Tomorrow Friday it will move to the East and is forecast to significantly decrease as of the afternoon on Holy Saturday, April 19.
The highest concentration of Sahara dust is expected in the Ionian Sea.
Southern winds blowing with intensity of 5 to 6 Beaufort and locally up to 7-8 B. From Good Friday onward, north-western winds will prevail.
There maybe sporadic rainfalls mainly in the central and northern regions of the country until the Easter day, on Sunday. But the weather instability will be limited.