KatatopisiΕλληνικά

Lesbos Regional UnitΔήμος Δυτικής Λέσβου

Municipality of Western Lesvos

Municipality of Western Lesvos: location in Greece

The municipality has 14 official bathing-water sites, and all were classified Excellent in the 2024 season (EEA). In the municipal seat the weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September, and the sea reaches 22 °C from June to August.

Open on the map

Settlements
77OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Settlement altitudes
Not recordedOpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Wildfires 2016–2026
375 firesabout 9,079 hectares burnt (EFFIS)
Natura 2000
10 sitesoverlap the municipality (YPEN)
Zone prices 2021, per m²
550–1,350 €66 zones, a tax value and not a market price

When to go

This section is about Kalloni, the seat of the municipality, not the whole municipality.

  1. Jan10°15°
  2. Feb10°15°
  3. Mar12°16°
  4. Apr15°18°
  5. May19°22°comfortable weather
  6. Jun23°23°comfortable weather, warm sea
  7. Jul26°23°warm sea
  8. Aug26°22°warm sea
  9. Sep23°21°comfortable weather
  10. Oct19°19°
  11. Nov15°17°
  12. Dec11°16°

The weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September (average temperature around 21.8 °C, little rain).

The sea is 22 °C or warmer from June to August (up to 23 °C).

The average temperature is 10 °C or lower in January, while monthly rain reaches 80 mm or more from December to February.

Day length is 9 h 24 min at the winter solstice (07:30 to 16:55) and 14 h 56 min at the summer solstice (05:48 to 20:44), Greek time.

Temperature and rainfall by month. The same values are in the table.01020300100200°CmmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temperature and rainfall by month
  • Mean temperature °C
  • Rain (mm, right axis)
  • Sea °C
  • Sea 22 °C or warmer
Monthly climate figures
MonthMean temp. °CRain mmSea °CDaylight h
Jan9.711815.29.7
Feb10.39315.210.7
Mar12.25816.011.9
Apr14.94718.413.2
May19.32521.614.3
Jun (sea 22 °C or warmer)23.41722.814.9
Jul (sea 22 °C or warmer)25.7423.014.7
Aug (sea 22 °C or warmer)25.9222.113.8
Sep22.62020.512.5
Oct18.55318.511.3
Nov14.77616.910.1
Dec11.111115.89.4

Temperature and rain: NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 26 km away. The temperatures are monthly averages from a regional model. Sea: NOAA OISST v2.1, period 1991–2020, nearest cell about 15 km away (0.25 degree grid). Daylight: calculated for the 15th of each month. These are regional model values and typical conditions, not a forecast.

Cities, towns and villages

Settlements of the municipality in OpenStreetMap. Those with a link have their own page; the rest open on the map. Altitude is shown only where OpenStreetMap records one.

Cities, towns and villages
NameTypeAltitude (OSM)
Agia Paraskevitown–
Kallonitown–
Mandamadostown–
Polichnitostown–
Agravillage–
Anaxos Skoutarouvillage–
Anemotiavillage–
Antissavillage–
Argennosvillage–
Arisvivillage–
Chidiravillage–
Dafiavillage–
Eresosvillage–
Filiavillage–
Gavvathasvillage–
Kapivillage–
Keramivillage–
Kleiovillage–
Lafionasvillage–
Lepetymnosvillage–
Lisvorivillage–
Mesotoposvillage–
Molyvosvillage–
Napivillage–
Nifidavillage–
Parakoilavillage–
Pelopivillage–
Petravillage–
Petriovillage–
Pterountavillage–
Revmavillage–
Sigrivillage–
Skala Eresouvillage–
Skala Kallonivillage–
Skala Polichnitouvillage–
Skala Sykamineasvillage–
Skalochorivillage–
Skoutarosvillage–
Stavrosvillage–
Stypsivillage–
Sykamineavillage–
Tavarivillage–
Tzithravillage–
Vafeiosvillage–
Vasilikavillage–
Vateravillage–
Vatoussavillage–
Vrisavillage–
Ypsilometopovillage–
Smaller settlements and suburbs (28)
Smaller settlements and suburbs
NameTypeAltitude (OSM)
Achladerisettlement–
Agios Fokassettlement–
Agios Pavlossettlement–
Agios Stefanossettlement–
Ampeliasettlement–
Apothikessettlement–
Archaia Antissasettlement–
Arianasettlement–
Aspropotamossettlement–
Chliarasettlement–
Efthalousettlement–
Geni Limani Kapissettlement–
Kalo Limanisettlement–
Kampossettlement–
Kato Stavrossettlement–
Kechradasettlement–
Kolostasisettlement–
Langadasettlement–
Lygerisettlement–
Mesasettlement–
Mpalinisettlement–
Paliossettlement–
Pedisettlement–
Pedinosettlement–
Podarassettlement–
Skamioudisettlement–
Troupiasettlement–
Tsoniasettlement–

Official bathing-water beaches

Latest classification of the waters by the European Environment Agency (queried 6 Oct 2026).

Bathing-water sites of the municipality
BeachLatest classSeason
AmpeliaExcellent2024
AnaxosExcellent2024
Eftalou - Agioi AnargyroiExcellent2024
KagiaExcellent2024
MentousiExcellent2024
MolivosExcellent2024
Nyfida 1Excellent2024
Nyfida 2Excellent2024
PetraExcellent2024
Skala EresouExcellent2024
Skala Kallonis 1Excellent2024
Skala Kallonis 2Excellent2024
Skala PolichnitouExcellent2024
VateraExcellent2024

Natura 2000 sites

Protected areas from the Ministry of Environment (YPEN) that overlap the municipal boundary. Names come from the EEA database.

How the numbers were counted

Fires: the count covers EFFIS burnt areas (roughly 30 hectares and above) whose reference point, the mean of the outline's vertices, lies inside the municipality. Our data holds dates from 23 Mar 2016 to 12 Sept 2026. Smaller fires do not appear.

Natura 2000: a site counts as overlapping when a sampled point lies in both polygons or at least three vertices of one lie inside the other.

Zone prices: the 2021 objective-system zones whose reference point lies in the municipality. They are tax values, not market prices.

Neighbouring municipalities

The five municipalities with the nearest centre, in a straight line.

All municipalities in Greece

Identifiers

Records of the municipality
SourceLink
OpenStreetMapboundary relation
WikidataQ65234114

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, with the date each was updated.

Page updated .