During the Olympic Games, it was sunny and hot in Athens most of the time. The major reasons for this are the following

You are talking about the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (the 28th Summer Olympic Games). This is mainly because Athens, Greece belongs to a typical "Mediterranean climate", which is characterized by "hot and dry summer and mild and rainy winter".

Athens has a mild climate and belongs to the tropical Mediterranean climate. Winter is warm and humid, and summer is rainy and sunny. In the coldest month, the average minimum temperature is 0℃ and the maximum temperature is 37℃. There is more precipitation from mid-October to mid-April in 654381October; There is little rainfall in summer, usually heavy rain or thunderstorm. The temperature is high in summer, with an average maximum temperature of 32℃. There are occasional heat waves in July and August every year, and the maximum temperature exceeds 38℃.