Athens
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Athens clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-04-17.

This page is a summary of past forecasts. Even though it's based only on forecasts, some people use these pages as clue to a site's climate. But climate data based on actual observation should be preferred (if you can find it!).

Cloud, Transparency and Seeing forecasts are summarized individually. But because good observing conditions require a combination of minimum cloud cover, transparency and seeing, the individual forecast summaries can be difficult to interpret. The observing conditions section counts the combinations of conditions needed for common types of astronomical observation.

Observing Conditions

The following tables count the occurrence of the combinations of forecast and darkness conditions needed for different observations. Conditions are rated by by what percentage of the hours the observation would likely be attempted are usable.

Observation Type	Minimum conditions for hour to be usable				Out of hours
	Clear of Clouds	Transparency	Seeing	Sky Brightness
Planetary:	50%	(no limit)	Average	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours
Deep Sky:	70%	Average	(no limit)	5.9	Nighttime Hours
CCD Imaging:	70%	Below Average	Poor	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours

Percentages are of nighttime hours per month, or per year, when a particular observing conditions was met. Deep Sky percentages never exceed 50% because the moon is up half the time. Deep sky percentages are much lower for charts at high latitudes because of fewer dark hours in the summer.

Overall

By Month

Individual Forecasts

The length of each colored bar in the "occurrence of each Forecast" column is proportional to the number of times the chart forecast that color. The percentages are of the total number of hours per month, or per year, with a particular forecast. The colors as the same as those used in clear sky charts.

Note: Transparency probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 30% or less cloud cover. Seeing probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 80% or less cloud cover. If that's too tricky, try Observing Conditions instead.

Overall

		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
Cloud Cover	Day	11% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 47%	131927
	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 52%	130543
Transparency	Day	35% 5% 10% 23% 20% 7%	135592
	Night	32% 4 10% 21% 22% 11%	134942
Seeing	Day	14% 7% 22% 28% 23% 7%	16935
	Night	14% 7% 27% 34% 16% 2	26920

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (2006-)
Color Meanings: Overcast 90% covered 80% covered 70% covered 60% covered 50% covered 40% covered 30% covered 20% covered 10% covered Clear
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	13% 6% 3 5% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 49%	5289
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 4 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 58%	5310
	21st to end	Day	24% 9% 3 7% 4 3 2 2 3 4 40%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 9% 3 7% 3 2 4 3 3 5% 42%	1950
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 4 4 3 3 3 4 42%	2049
	21st to end	Day	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 4 48%	1841
March	1st to 10th	Day	16% 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 6% 42%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 51%	5090
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 44%	5583
April	1st to 10th	Day	14% 8% 2 5% 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 43%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 7% 8% 40%	2404
	21st to end	Day	12% 7% 3 6% 4 5% 4 4 5% 7% 44%	2406
May	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 36%	5862
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 40%	5862
	21st to end	Day	11% 7% 3 7% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 35%	6434
June	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 11% 45%	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 1 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 47%	2600
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 4 4 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 48%	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 5% 8% 12% 37%	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 6% 11% 57%	5900
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 46%	6422
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 2 2 2 3 3 5% 8% 70%	4234
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 6% 11% 60%	4150
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 5% 4 5% 6% 5% 9% 10% 47%	4250
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 49%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 45%	2200
	21st to end	Day	6% 3 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 7% 56%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 63%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 60%	2000
	21st to end	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 59%	2200
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 54%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2087
	21st to end	Day	16% 8% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 47%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 5% 48%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 4 6% 41%	3481
	21st to end	Day	15% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 4 5% 45%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 3 5% 54%	7634
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 7% 64%	7680
	21st to end	Night	24% 9% 2 7% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 38%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 49%	2688
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 3 5% 4 3 2 2 4 5% 46%	2458
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 3 3 3 2 3 4 50%	1963
March	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 6% 43%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 2 6% 4 3 4 3 4 6% 52%	5090
	21st to end	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 48%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 50%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 6% 47%	2077
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 3 2 3 5% 8% 52%	1989
May	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 37%	4053
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 6% 3 8% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 44%	4053
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 47%	4443
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 9% 57%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 9% 63%	1800
	21st to end	Night	4 3 1 3 3 4 4 3 7% 9% 58%	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 8% 12% 42%	4078
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 6% 12% 62%	4077
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 52%	4449
August	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 7% 78%	2926
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 7% 12% 62%	2905
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 4 3 5% 4 7% 11% 56%	3643
September	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 8% 54%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 5% 3 3 3 3 4 8% 56%	2200
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 61%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 68%	2289
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 63%	2400
	21st to end	Night	14% 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 61%	2640
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 6% 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 60%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 2 5% 3 4 2 3 4 5% 58%	2530
	21st to end	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 5% 49%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 7% 2 5% 3 2 3 2 4 5% 50%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 3 6% 3 3 2 2 3 4 47%	4946
	21st to end	Night	14% 8% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 3 4 52%	6633

Transparency (when cloud cover <= 30%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Poor Below Average Average Above average Transparent
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	36% 3 7% 26% 25% 3	5290
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 3 5% 23% 31% 9%	5310
	21st to end	Day	51% 2 4 14% 19% 11%	5812
February	1st to 10th	Day	46% 4 5% 15% 21% 10%	1950
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 3 6% 17% 18% 7%	2059
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 6% 15% 22% 12%	1841
March	1st to 10th	Day	43% 3 6% 14% 20% 13%	5046
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 4 6% 16% 18% 21%	5090
	21st to end	Day	40% 5% 10% 21% 19% 5%	5585
April	1st to 10th	Day	41% 5% 9% 20% 16% 8%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 5% 10% 15% 20% 8%	2404
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 9% 20% 22% 5%	2406
May	1st to 10th	Day	47% 6% 10% 24% 11% 2	5900
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 6% 9% 19% 21% 2	5866
	21st to end	Day	42% 8% 12% 20% 16% 3	6447
June	1st to 10th	Day	31% 8% 16% 29% 13% 2	2600
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 8% 15% 27% 16% 4	2600
	21st to end	Day	28% 9% 15% 29% 18% 2	2600
July	1st to 10th	Day	36% 10% 24% 24% 6%	5836
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 19% 37% 16% 1	5831
	21st to end	Day	33% 8% 14% 31% 14% 1	6240
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 13% 37% 32% 3	4220
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 17% 44% 14% 1	4189
	21st to end	Day	28% 11% 19% 28% 13% 1	4249
September	1st to 10th	Day	34% 5% 12% 21% 19% 9%	2200
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 12% 20% 18% 8%	2200
	21st to end	Day	27% 5% 9% 21% 25% 13%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 6% 13% 25% 39%	3402
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 3 4 22% 30% 23%	3240
	21st to end	Day	25% 4 4 25% 32% 10%	3538
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 4 8% 20% 26% 9%	2058
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 8% 19% 26% 12%	2087
	21st to end	Day	41% 4 6% 19% 22% 9%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	39% 3 7% 20% 26% 5%	3030
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 6% 12% 22% 12%	3479
	21st to end	Day	43% 2 6% 20% 23% 6%	4587
January	1st to 10th	Night	34% 3 7% 21% 29% 6%	7635
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 3 5% 18% 35% 15%	7680
	21st to end	Night	51% 2 4 14% 18% 11%	8402
February	1st to 10th	Night	38% 3 7% 17% 20% 14%	2688
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 3 7% 17% 22% 9%	2458
	21st to end	Night	39% 4 7% 14% 21% 15%	1963
March	1st to 10th	Night	44% 4 5% 10% 21% 15%	5029
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 15% 18% 22%	5090
	21st to end	Night	38% 4 8% 20% 22% 8%	5588
April	1st to 10th	Night	33% 6% 10% 22% 18% 12%	2310
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 11% 17% 19% 12%	2077
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 11% 21% 27% 6%	1989
May	1st to 10th	Night	44% 7% 11% 23% 12% 3	4080
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 7% 15% 16% 23% 2	4054
	21st to end	Night	33% 8% 14% 28% 11% 7%	4452
June	1st to 10th	Night	22% 7% 16% 32% 20% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 17% 33% 21% 6%	1800
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 16% 28% 24% 4	1800
July	1st to 10th	Night	31% 9% 23% 31% 6%	4035
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 24% 36% 16% 3	4026
	21st to end	Night	26% 8% 18% 32% 13% 3	4320
August	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 12% 34% 37% 5%	2916
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 19% 44% 14% 3	2932
	21st to end	Night	22% 8% 20% 29% 19% 3	3643
September	1st to 10th	Night	28% 7% 13% 22% 19% 11%	2200
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 6% 13% 24% 20% 8%	2200
	21st to end	Night	22% 4 10% 21% 28% 14%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	11% 3 6% 15% 20% 45%	3744
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 2 4 18% 33% 26%	3899
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 4 19% 35% 16%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 7% 20% 26% 14%	2460
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 3 8% 20% 26% 15%	2530
	21st to end	Night	38% 3 7% 18% 24% 11%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	39% 3 5% 16% 28% 8%	4380
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 3 6% 12% 24% 12%	4947
	21st to end	Night	37% 3 6% 17% 26% 10%	6633

Seeing (when cloud cover <= 80%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Bad 1/5 Poor 2/5 Average 3/5 Good 4/5 Excellent 5/5
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	23% 11% 37% 22% 6% 1	330
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 40% 18% 7%	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 14% 39% 18% 5%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 15% 37% 18% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 19% 34% 13% 3 1	330
	21st to end	Day	28% 21% 38% 11% 2	273
March	1st to 10th	Day	25% 12% 37% 22% 4	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 15% 41% 17% 4 1	330
	21st to end	Day	17% 13% 44% 21% 4 1	363
April	1st to 10th	Day	22% 14% 40% 18% 5%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 13% 33% 23% 9%	474
	21st to end	Day	17% 10% 34% 29% 8% 2	506
May	1st to 10th	Day	14% 11% 34% 32% 8% 1	703
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 26% 32% 16% 3	725
	21st to end	Day	14% 5% 27% 32% 19% 4	789
June	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 14% 38% 29% 9%	730
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 17% 39% 28% 8%	730
	21st to end	Day	4 2 12% 33% 36% 12%	730
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 8% 34% 35% 14%	721
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 33% 45% 15%	718
	21st to end	Day	4 2 5% 28% 44% 17%	794
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 29% 48% 16%	726
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 28% 49% 13%	707
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 4 19% 42% 26%	547
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 1 8% 24% 39% 20%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 7% 27% 39% 20%	330
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 9% 30% 32% 18%	330
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 15% 38% 35% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 5% 27% 31% 21% 6%	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 26% 27% 13% 4	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 27% 31% 15% 3	330
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 10% 29% 31% 15% 2	330
	21st to end	Day	22% 14% 30% 22% 10% 2	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	22% 9% 34% 23% 10% 2	330
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 10% 31% 23% 8% 1	330
	21st to end	Day	24% 11% 35% 24% 6% 1	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 9% 36% 30% 7%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 14% 33% 28% 6%	1050
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 35% 29% 5%	1155
February	1st to 10th	Night	20% 12% 36% 28% 3	1008
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 13% 36% 23% 3	824
	21st to end	Night	23% 15% 38% 21% 3	579
March	1st to 10th	Night	21% 11% 38% 23% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 41% 25% 6%	630
	21st to end	Night	14% 12% 41% 28% 5% 1	693
April	1st to 10th	Night	13% 10% 42% 28% 6%	630
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 13% 38% 24% 9%	611
	21st to end	Night	13% 8% 41% 29% 9% 1	600
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 8% 40% 30% 8% 1	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 5% 33% 34% 16% 1	591
	21st to end	Night	8% 4 30% 41% 15% 2	650
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 15% 43% 30% 3	600
	11th to 20th	Night	4 1 18% 52% 23% 2	600
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 12% 39% 38% 5%	600
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 9% 44% 34% 6%	585
	11th to 20th	Night	2 6% 48% 38% 6%	582
	21st to end	Night	3 1 6% 44% 41% 4	657
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 4 44% 44% 5%	597
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 4 46% 35% 8%	594
	21st to end	Night	4 1 5% 39% 45% 6%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 8% 38% 38% 7%	600
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 7% 37% 39% 5%	600
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 10% 40% 37% 4	600
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 16% 46% 26% 4	689
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 22% 42% 17% 3	800
	21st to end	Night	18% 5% 30% 30% 15% 2	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	14% 4 28% 38% 15% 1	820
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 8% 33% 38% 11%	850
	21st to end	Night	18% 9% 33% 26% 12% 1	1050
December	1st to 10th	Night	18% 9% 33% 33% 7%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 10% 30% 34% 5%	1050
	21st to end	Night	21% 8% 34% 31% 6%	1155

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