Greece / Central Macedonia
Leptokarya
Leptokarya is a coastal resort area in Central Macedonia, Greece. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 1.7 km. The sea averages 26.4 °C in August, its warmest month, and 12.8 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 50Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 67Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Grocery shops
- 3Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 3Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 26 restaurants, 14 cafés, 9 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 67 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Leptokarya”, 720 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 6 of its 6 classified seasons since 2016.
- 2016Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Leptokarya
Beach-day index 6.6/10 · Greece median 7.0
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.5 °C | 12.8 °C | 13.1 °C | 14.9 °C | 18.8 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.5 °C | 26.4 °C | 24.4 °C | 21.2 °C | 18.0 °C | 15.2 °C |
| High °C | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 30° | 33° | 33° | 27° | 21° | 15° | 9° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 11° | 7° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 47 | 38 | 48 | 40 | 46 | 38 | 29 | 24 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 64 |
| Cloud % | 68 | 68 | 65 | 62 | 58 | 44 | 31 | 32 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 67 |
| Wind m/s | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-11° | 20°/-8° | 28°/-6° | 29°/-4° | 35°/6° | 41°/11° | 43°/15° | 41°/15° | 37°/8° | 31°/2° | 25°/-3° | 20°/-17° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
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 and September; June scores 9.3/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 23.0 °C and 38 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Greece in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.8 °C warmer than the Greece median for August (25.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.9 °C, warmer than 51% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (64 mm) and August the driest (24 mm); the yearly total is about 520 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.4 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-June the sun rises at 05:59 and sets at 20:59 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (80°). Open water fills about 25% 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 240° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 43 m deep and 37 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 42 m above sea level 500 m inland and 90 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 53% built-up land, 24% grassland and 21% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 20% of that circle.
- Built 53%
- Grass 24%
- Tree 21%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport Thessaloniki | SKG | 61.7 km | north-east |
| Kozani National Airport Filippos Kozani | KZI | 66.4 km | north-west |
| Nea Anchialos National Airport Nea Anchialos | VOL | 95.4 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Λεπτοκαρυά (160 m) and 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 10.3K residents); within 30 km there are 19 (about 106.6K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Leptokarya (Greek: Λεπτοκαρυά, Leptokarya) is a town in Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, former seat of East Olympos municipality, which is part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos. The distance from Katerini is 26 km and the population of the village was 3,612 inhabitants as of 2021.
Wikidata item Q3491767 · classified as town.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Μουσειο Γεωλογικης Ιστοριας Ολυμπου museum 390 m SW
- Leptokaria Geologycal Museum museum 410 m NE
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 7,340 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (1,246 views), 5.2× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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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 9.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w722120826; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_34TFK_20230413_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ELBW099046002101A).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 90 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.