Greece / Central Greece
Chiliadou Beach
Chiliadou Beach is a 1.4 km-long sandy beach facing south-east, 2.8 km south of Efpálio (Central Greece, Greece). The sea averages 25.6 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.6 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Chiliadou Beach
Beach-day index 7.1/10 · Greece median 7.0
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.4 °C | 14.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 16.0 °C | 18.7 °C | 22.3 °C | 24.5 °C | 25.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 22.5 °C | 20.1 °C | 17.4 °C |
| High °C | 9° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 27° | 21° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 63 | 61 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 42 | 58 | 73 | 79 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 68 | 62 | 57 | 50 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 39 | 53 | 62 | 67 |
| Wind m/s | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-7° | 22°/-8° | 26°/-4° | 30°/1° | 34°/6° | 41°/11° | 42°/15° | 40°/16° | 37°/10° | 31°/5° | 28°/-3° | 20°/-10° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in June–September; August scores 9.3/10 with highs of 32 °C, sea at 25.6 °C and 19 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Greece in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 19.7 °C, warmer than 61% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (79 mm) and August the driest (19 mm); the yearly total is about 580 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:46 and sets at 20:28 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (135°). Open water fills about 44% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 241° to 301°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-east the next coast is roughly 20 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 56 m deep and 176 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 60% grassland, 15% cropland and 14% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Grass 60%
- Crop 15%
- Tree 14%
- Built 5%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Chiliadou”, 360 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 6Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 8Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 3 restaurants, 1 café and 2 bars. Accommodation: 8 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patras Araxos Agamemnon Airport Patras | GPA | 51.1 km | south-west |
| Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos Zakynthos | ZTH | 116 km | south-west |
| Aktion National Airport Preveza | PVK | 117 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 18.9K residents); within 30 km there are 17 (about 258.2K).
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 26.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w352152001; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_34SEH_20230712_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ELBW049166018101).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 6.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.