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Western Macedonia

Western Macedonia: location in Greece

The region has one official bathing-water site, with no classification in the 2024 season (EEA). In the seat of the region the weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing from June to August.

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Regional units
4OpenStreetMap, 6 Oct 2026
Municipalities
13OpenStreetMap, 6 Oct 2026
Official bathing-water sites
1YPEN register, EEA
Airports
2list of commercial airports
Ferry ports
1ports with ferry terminals (OpenStreetMap)
Natura 2000
26 sitesoverlap the area (YPEN)
Wildfires 2016–2026
57 firesabout 6,228 hectares burnt (EFFIS)
Zone prices 2021, per m²
250–1,000 €585 zones, a tax value and not a market price

When to go

This section is about Kozani, the seat of the region not the whole region.

  1. Jan1°
  2. Feb2°
  3. Mar6°
  4. Apr10°
  5. May16°
  6. Jun21°comfortable weather
  7. Jul24°comfortable weather
  8. Aug24°comfortable weather
  9. Sep18°
  10. Oct13°
  11. Nov7°
  12. Dec2°

The weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing from June to August (average temperature around 22.8 °C, little rain).

The highest average temperature, about 23.9 °C, falls in July and August.

The average temperature is 10 °C or lower from November to March.

Day length is 9 h 18 min at the winter solstice (07:51 to 17:09) and 15 h 3 min at the summer solstice (06:02 to 21:05), Greek time.

Temperature and rainfall by month. The same values are in the table.0510152025050100°CmmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temperature and rainfall by month
  • Mean temperature °C
  • Rain (mm, right axis)
Monthly climate figures
MonthMean temp. °CRain mmDaylight h
Jan0.6469.6
Feb2.24210.7
Mar5.94811.9
Apr10.24413.2
May15.65114.4
Jun20.74115.0
Jul23.93214.8
Aug23.83013.8
Sep18.45212.5
Oct12.85811.2
Nov7.25010.0
Dec2.0639.3

Temperature and rain: NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 23 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.

Regional units

Western Macedonia is divided into 4 regional units. Each has a page with its municipalities, beaches and sights.

Best beaches

The 1 official sites with the most seasons of Excellent water since 2011; ties are settled by the latest classification (2024 season). It is the EU's classification by season, not a reading on the day.

Beaches with the most consistent water quality
BeachLatest classHistory
VegoritidaNot classifiedExcellent in 9 of 13 seasons

All beaches in Greece

Towns to know

Cities and towns of the region that have a page of their own, larger ones first. Population only sets the order and is never shown.

Sights

A short selection from Wikidata, not a ranking of importance: only entries that have a Wikidata item, those with a page of their own on this site first, then those with an English label, then the oldest item. Up to 3 per kind. Coverage is uneven.

Castles

Archaeological sites

Museums

Monasteries

Caves

Canyons

Natura 2000 protected areas

23 Natura 2000 sites with a page of their own in the region, the 10 largest. Each page says what the site protects, from the European Environment Agency's Natura 2000 database.

All Natura 2000 sites

Getting there

The airports and ferry ports of the area as our sources record them. We do not copy timetables or fares, because they would go stale; where an official source exists it is linked below.

Airports
AirportIATAMunicipality
Kastoria National Airport "Aristotle"KSOArgos Orestiko
Kozani National Airport "Philip"KZIKozani
Ferry ports, most mapped terminals first
Port, at the nearest settlementTerminals in OSMMunicipality
Kastoria2Kastoria

Official travel information

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

How the numbers were counted

Each municipality belongs to the region and regional unit that OpenStreetMap records for it, and the figures on this page add up its municipalities. Beaches, airports, ports and sights belong to the municipality that contains them (up to 3 km outside the boundary for those on the shore).

Ports: a port is a group of ferry terminals mapped in OpenStreetMap within 1 km of each other (a harbour is mapped as many berths). The name is the nearest settlement. The number of terminals shows how closely the harbour is mapped, not how large it is or how many ferries call.

Fires: the count covers EFFIS burnt areas (roughly 30 hectares and above) whose reference point lies in a municipality of the area, with dates from 23 Mar 2016 to 12 Sept 2026. Natura 2000: each site is counted once, even when it overlaps several municipalities.

Zone prices: the lowest and highest value among the 2021 objective-system zones whose reference point lies in the area. They are tax values, not market prices.

See also

Sources

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

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