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Laconia Regional UnitΔήμος Μονεμβασίας

Municipality of Monemvasia

Municipality of Monemvasia: location in Greece

The municipality has 12 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.

Open on the map

Settlements
92OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Highest settlement
410 mLira, OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Wildfires 2016–2026
7 firesabout 786 hectares burnt (EFFIS)
Natura 2000
3 sitesoverlap the municipality (YPEN)
Zone prices 2021, per m²
500–1,150 €86 zones, a tax value and not a market price

When to go

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

  1. Jan10°
  2. Feb10°
  3. Mar12°
  4. Apr14°
  5. May18°comfortable weather
  6. Jun23°comfortable weather
  7. Jul26°
  8. Aug26°
  9. Sep23°comfortable weather
  10. Oct19°
  11. Nov16°
  12. Dec12°

The weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September (average temperature around 21.5 °C, little rain).

The highest average temperature, about 26 °C, falls in July and August.

Monthly rain reaches 80 mm or more in December and January.

Day length is 9 h 38 min at the winter solstice (07:37 to 17:15) and 14 h 41 min at the summer solstice (06:09 to 20:50), Greek time.

Temperature and rainfall by month. The same values are in the table.0102030050100°CmmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temperature and rainfall by month
  • Mean temperature °C
  • Rain (mm, right axis)
Monthly climate figures
MonthMean temp. °CRain mmDaylight h
Jan10.3899.9
Feb10.37510.8
Mar12.05211.9
Apr14.23013.1
May18.42214.1
Jun23.01614.7
Jul25.81014.5
Aug26.0713.6
Sep23.03012.5
Oct19.25111.3
Nov15.67710.2
Dec12.0939.7

Temperature and rain: NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 33 km away. The temperatures are monthly averages from a regional model. 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)
Molaitown200 m
Neapolitown4 m
Agia Kyriakivillage70 m
Agioi Apostoloivillage30 m
Agios Dimitriosvillage150 m
Agios Georgiosvillage20 m
Agios Ioannisvillage100 m
Agios Mamasvillage216 m
Agios Nikolaosvillage230 m
Agios Nikolaosvillage200 m
Angelonavillage220 m
Ano Kastaniavillage360 m
Archagelosvillage5 m
Asoposvillage55 m
Belesaikavillage–
Demoniavillage–
Dermatianikavillage–
Eliavillage–
Elikavillage–
Faraklovillage–
Finikivillage–
Flokavillage–
Gefyravillage–
Gerakasvillage–
Kato Kastaniavillage–
Koulendiavillage–
Koupiavillage–
Kryovrysivillage–
Kyparissivillage100 m
Lachivillage–
Lambokambosvillage–
Liravillage410 m
Mesochorivillage–
Metamorfosivillage120 m
Nomiavillage27 m
Pakiavillage–
Pantanassavillage–
Papadianikavillage59 m
Sykiavillage–
Talantavillage–
Velanidiavillage156 m
Veliesvillage–
Vigklafiavillage–
Smaller settlements and suburbs (49)
Smaller settlements and suburbs
NameTypeAltitude (OSM)
Adiakopossettlement50 m
Agia Marinasettlement–
Agia Paraskevisettlement2 m
Agia Sofiasettlement239 m
Agios Elisseossettlement160 m
Agios Fokassettlement20 m
Agios Ioannissettlement240 m
Agios Konstantinossettlement100 m
Agios Mamassettlement–
Agios Stefanossettlement80 m
Arianasettlement60 m
Foutiasettlement357 m
Geraka Portsettlement–
Glyfadasettlement–
Kalivessettlement171 m
Karavostasisettlement–
Kastellasettlement–
Katouniasettlement–
Klironomeikasettlement–
Kontrafourianikasettlement–
Korakassettlement–
Kremmydisettlement–
Limnessettlement–
Longarisettlement–
Manolarianikasettlement–
Marathiassettlement–
Megali Spiliasettlement–
Mitropolisettlement–
Monemvasiasettlement15 m
Old Monemvasiasettlement–
Palaiokastrosettlement–
Panaghitsa (Bouboutselia)settlement–
Panagiasettlement–
Paradisisettlement–
Paraliasettlement–
Paraliasettlement–
Plataniassettlement–
Platorisettlement–
Plitrasettlement–
Porisettlement–
Profitis Iliassettlement–
Sklavounasettlement–
Teriasettlement159 m
Trochaliasettlement–
Tsoumalasettlement–
Valtakisettlement–
Varkosettlement–
Vrisisettlement–
Xifiassettlement–

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
AmbelakiaExcellent2024
ArchangelosExcellent2024
CharachiaExcellent2024
EliaExcellent2024
Megali AmmosExcellent2024
MonemvasiaExcellent2024
Neapoli NotiaExcellent2024
Neapoli VoreiaExcellent2024
PlytraExcellent2024
PoriExcellent2024
Tigania BeachExcellent2024
Viandini (Vourkos) BeachExcellent2024

Getting there and around

The links go to the operators and municipalities that publish the timetables. We do not copy times, because they would go stale.

Official travel information

Routes and connections can change by season. Confirm times and service directly with the operator before travelling.

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
WikidataQ12875731

Sources

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

Page updated .