Greece / Central Macedonia
Skotina Beach
Skotina Beach is a 1.1 km-long sandy beach facing east, 4.7 km south-east of Leptokaryá (Central Macedonia, Greece). 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.
Reference
Paralia Skotinas (Greek: Παραλία Σκοτίνας) is a seaside settlement which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 κm from Leptokarya, 1 km from Paralia Panteleimonos (Castle) and 1κm from Skotina.
Wikidata item Q3560574 · classified as human settlement.
Month by month
October at Skotina Beach
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 47% 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.
Straight out to the east about 500 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 12 m deep and 31 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 26 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% tree cover, 31% grassland and 17% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Tree 44%
- Grass 31%
- Built 17%
- Crop 6%
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 “Skotina”, 370 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.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 10Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 27Hotels & guesthouses
- 7Campsites
- 1Grocery shops
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 7 restaurants and 3 bars. Accommodation: 27 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.
Around the beach
Campsites
- Orfeas camping 390 m SW
- Camping Orpheus 490 m SW
- Camping Afroditi 580 m N
- Camping Hellas 720 m S
- Camping Arion 950 m S
- Arion 970 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport Thessaloniki | SKG | 63.8 km | north-east |
| Kozani National Airport Filippos Kozani | KZI | 70.0 km | north-west |
| Nea Anchialos National Airport Nea Anchialos | VOL | 91.2 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: rail station Νέου Παντελεήμονα (1.6 km) and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 4.6K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 102.7K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 957 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (206 views), 10.3× 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 11.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r3351893; 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 ELBW089046033101).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 390 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.