Piraeus
City in Greece: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Piraeus-collage-b: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Piraeus is a city in Greece, in Attica. About 163,688 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Greece in our atlas.
It lies at 37.94° N, 23.65° E, about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Athens time zone.
Location
Red dot: Piraeus. Green dots: other major cities of Greece. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Piraeus has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 6°C (44°F). Around 500 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in GreeceNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kallithéa · 5 km
- Athens · 9 km
- Peristéri · 9 km
- Acharnés · 17 km
- Pátra · 171 km
- Lárisa · 216 km
- Thessaloníki · 306 km
- Irákleion · 318 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 255274 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q58976 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Piraeus-collage-b: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)