What's the climate like in Greece?

Greece is located at the southern tip of Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe.

It borders Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania in the north, the European part of Turkey in the northeast, the Ionian Sea in the southwest, the Aegean Sea in the east and the African continent across the Mediterranean Sea in the south. The total area of Greece is 13 1957 square kilometers, of which 1.5% are islands, and there are about 1500 islands with a total area of 25,000 square kilometers. The coastline is about 1502 1 km, and the territorial sea is 6 nautical miles wide.

Climatic characteristics

The southern part of Greece and the islands belong to the Mediterranean climate, and the temperature changes little throughout the year. The winter temperature is 6- 13℃, and the summer temperature is 23-33℃, which is long and sunny.

The northern and inland areas have a continental climate, with warm and humid winters and dry summers. Average temperature from north to south: 65438+ 10 ~ 1 1℃, 25 ~ 27℃ in July. The average annual precipitation in Greece is 400 ~1000 mm. The annual precipitation in the eastern region is about 400 ~ 700 mm, and that in the western region is about 900 ~1200 mm.