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Athens from Taipei

8,959 km, about 11h 51m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Athens and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.

  1. Athens in January: ok
  2. Athens in February: ok
  3. Athens in March: sweet spot
  4. Athens in April: sweet spot
  5. Athens in May: sweet spot, busy
  6. Athens in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Athens in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Athens in August: sweet spot, busy
  9. Athens in September: sweet spot, busy
  10. Athens in October: good, busy
  11. Athens in November: good
  12. Athens in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Mar–Sep — these months score within a whisker of each other; 20C max, 5 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

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Month by month from Taipei

MonthMax °CRain days Crowds Typical fare VerdictWhy
Jan 13° 7d 80 — ok 13C max, 7 rainy days
Feb 14° 6d 80 $935 ok 14C max, 6 rainy days
Mar 16° 5d 80 — sweet spot 16C max, 5 rainy days
Apr 20° 5d 80 — sweet spot 20C max, 5 rainy days
May 25° 4d 64 — sweet spot busy holidays: GR: Μεγάλη Παρασκευή; GR: Πεντηκοστή; TW: Dragon Boat Festival
Jun 30° 3d 50 — sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jul 33° 3d 65 — sweet spot busy busier than usual
Aug 32° 2d 65 — sweet spot busy busier than usual
Sep 28° 3d 65 — sweet spot busy busier than usual
Oct 23° 3d 62 — goodbusy busier than usual
Nov 19° 6d 100 — good 19C max, 6 rainy days
Dec 15° 7d 80 — ok 15C max, 7 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 2 mm of rain.

Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in TW as well as at Athens, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from July to September; quietest from December to February.

The year in Athens

Due to the lack of specific climate data, consider typical seasonal trends and temperature ranges for guidance.

Busiest
early Jun to late Aug — This is the summer tourist season, attracting many visitors to enjoy the warm weather and historical sites.
Quieter, still good
early Apr to late May — Spring offers pleasant weather with fewer tourists and lower prices before the peak summer season.
early Sep to late Oct — Fall provides mild weather and a less crowded experience as the summer rush ends.

Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.

Athens from anywhere · everywhere from Taipei · Fares in USD: no free rate exists for TWD.

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