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Municipality of Sithonia

Municipality of Sithonia: location in Greece

The municipality has 27 official bathing-water sites, and all were classified Excellent in the 2024 season (EEA). In the municipality's main settlement the weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September, and the sea reaches 22 °C from May to August.

Open on the map

Settlements
33OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Highest settlement
300 mParthenonas, OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Wildfires 2016–2026
5 firesabout 712 hectares burnt (EFFIS)
Natura 2000
4 sitesoverlap the municipality (YPEN)
Zone prices 2021, per m²
650–1,350 €18 zones, a tax value and not a market price

When to go

This section is about Nikiti, the main town of the municipality, not the whole municipality.

  1. Jan10°14°
  2. Feb10°14°
  3. Mar12°15°
  4. Apr15°19°
  5. May19°23°comfortable weather, warm sea
  6. Jun24°26°comfortable weather, warm sea
  7. Jul27°26°warm sea
  8. Aug27°24°warm sea
  9. Sep23°21°comfortable weather
  10. Oct19°18°
  11. Nov15°16°
  12. Dec11°14°

The weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September (average temperature around 22.1 °C, little rain).

The sea is 22 °C or warmer from May to August (up to 26.3 °C).

The average temperature is 10 °C or lower in January.

Day length is 9 h 18 min at the winter solstice (07:44 to 17:02) and 15 h 2 min at the summer solstice (05:55 to 20:57), 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)
  • Sea °C
  • Sea 22 °C or warmer
Monthly climate figures
MonthMean temp. °CRain mmSea °CDaylight h
Jan10.05713.79.6
Feb10.34413.710.7
Mar12.05214.811.9
Apr14.53618.513.2
May (sea 22 °C or warmer)19.13823.014.4
Jun (sea 22 °C or warmer)23.83325.615.0
Jul (sea 22 °C or warmer)26.52726.314.8
Aug (sea 22 °C or warmer)26.91724.213.8
Sep23.34621.112.5
Oct19.05217.911.2
Nov15.15015.510.0
Dec11.47314.19.3

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 12 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)
Neos Marmarastown–
Nikititown–
Sykiatown40 m
Agios Nikolaosvillage100 m
Metangitsivillage140 m
Ormos Panagiasvillage–
Sartivillage–
Toronivillage–
Smaller settlements and suburbs (25)
Smaller settlements and suburbs
NameTypeAltitude (OSM)
Agia Kyriakisettlement–
Azapikosettlement–
Destenikasettlement–
Elaionassettlement–
Eliasettlement–
Fterotisettlement–
Galinisettlement–
Galinisettlement–
Imeri Eliasettlement–
Kalamitsisettlement–
Lagonisisettlement–
Livrochiosettlement–
Metarisettlement–
Paradeisossettlement–
Paralia Sykiassettlement–
Parthenonassettlement300 m
Pigadakisettlement–
Plataniasettlement–
Porto Koufosettlement–
Salonikiousettlement–
Schiniasettlement–
Styladariosettlement–
Thalatta Kalamitsi Village Campsettlement–
Valtisettlement–
Vourvourousettlement–

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
Agia Varvara NikitisExcellent2024
Ai GiannisExcellent2024
Akti ElaionExcellent2024
Armenistis BeachExcellent2024
AzapikoExcellent2024
Camping KalamitsiouExcellent2024
Elia 1Excellent2024
Elia 2Excellent2024
KalamitsiExcellent2024
Kalogrias BeachExcellent2024
Koinotiki Plaz NikitisExcellent2024
Koutloumousi BeachExcellent2024
Koviou BeachExcellent2024
Lagomandra BeachExcellent2024
LivrochioExcellent2024
Makrya LagkadaExcellent2024
MarmarasExcellent2024
Nikiti BeachExcellent2024
Paradisos BeachExcellent2024
Platanitsi BeachExcellent2024
Porto Karras 1Excellent2024
Porto Karras 2Excellent2024
Salonikiou BeachExcellent2024
SartiExcellent2024
Sikia BeachExcellent2024
Toroni BeachExcellent2024
VourvourouExcellent2024

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
WikidataQ2290529

Sources

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

Page updated .