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Is Paros very windy?
Paros enjoys a Mediterranean climate with warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters. The island is windy year-round. From mid-May the Meltemi starts to blow, bringing a persistent cool and dry northerly wind.
What is Paros like in winter?
The weather in the winter can be sunny with calm wind and temperature of 12 degrees Centigrade. However, it also could be windy with 8 degrees Centigrade. We understand that you can plan your visit in Paros according to the weather conditions. This is even harder when you bought your tickets weeks before.
Does it snow in Paros Greece?
Weather stations report a bit of annual snow likely to be deepest around January, especially close to late January. The best time to ski (if at all) in Paros is often around around January 22nd when fresh powder is deepest.
How cold does it get in Paros Greece in the winter?
In December, the weather in Paros is usually mild. The average temperature is of 13.6 °C (56 °F), with a minimum of 11.4 °C (52.6 °F) and a maximum of 15.8 °C (60.4 °F). On the coldest nights of the month, the temperature usually drops to around 7 °C (44 °F).
Which side of Paros is windy?
east coast
Re: Windy Island? Paros is a typical Cyclades island, affected by northerly Meltemi winds primarily in the summer months. The east coast beaches get the most wind because of a funnel effect in the strait between there and the island of Naxos.
Which is the windiest Greek island?
Mykonos
If you’ve been planning a Greek vacation, you must’ve heard about common winds that blow around Greek islands. Mykonos is one of the windiest islands in Greece, which is important to know before coming here, so you can adjust to the circumstances easily.
Which is the windy side of Paros?
Is Paros open in December?
Open almost all year-round, usually closed from November to end of January.
Why is Paros so windy?
Paros is a typical Cyclades island, affected by northerly Meltemi winds primarily in the summer months. The east coast beaches get the most wind because of a funnel effect in the strait between there and the island of Naxos.
Why is Greece so cold now?
According to the National Observatory of Athens, the reason for the persistent cold weather is due to a shift in the polar jet stream, a fast-flowing current of air circulating 10 kilometers (6 miles) above the surface of the Earth that moves from west to east.
Are all the Greek islands windy?
Generally speaking, there are several windy Greek islands. The groups of islands that are more affected by the meltemi are the ones in the Aegean.
What is the windiest Greek island?
Mykonos is known as the windy island as it is one of those affected by the Meltemi, particularly in the July – August period. Outside of the Meltemi season, Mykonos is no more or less windy than other areas in Greece.
Why is Paros windy?
What is the least windy Greek island?
The Ionian islands are the least windy (Corfu, Zakynthos, Lefkada, Kefalonia, Ithaki, Kithira and Paxoi).
Are there sandy beaches in Paros?
Paros has amazing beaches for all tastes: quiet, sandy beaches with sapphire water; breezy beaches with perfect windsurfing; picturesque beaches with dramatic landscapes; even a healing mud beach for a natural spa day.
Why is Greece so windy?
The barometric depressions of the Mediterranean becomes the reason why the winds are changing frequently and irregularly, but some winds are distinctive and somehow regular. Such a wind is the Sirocco or Sorocos in Greek. Sirocco blows in Greece as a south or southwestern wind and its muggy.