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Wind in Piraeus

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 1:25 am (EET)
Now · from the west-northwest 1 mph
Gusts
3 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
8 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
1 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Piraeus is a light air from the west-northwest: 1 mph to 8 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 20 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Elefsis (LGEL), 9.8 mi away · 37 min ago

Wind5 mph from the north-northwest
Gusts—
Visibility6.2 mi or more
WeatherNothing to note

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Wind for the next 7 days, hour by hour

Arrows point where the wind blows to, every 12 hours. Each hour comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF and GFS.

  • Today, Thu 29 1–8 mph · gusts 20 NW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–3 mph · gusts 8 NE · Beaufort 1
  • Sat 31 1–3 mph · gusts 7 NE · Beaufort 1
  • Sun 1 1–4 mph · gusts 16 E · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 1–11 mph · gusts 30 S · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 3–9 mph · gusts 19 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 1–4 mph · gusts 18 W · Beaufort 2

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 12438621
Gusts 2587191852
Direction WWNWNWWNNWNNWWNWN
Beaufort 11213211
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 22211222
Gusts 34444664
Direction NENNENENNWNENENE
Beaufort 11101111
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 22211322
Gusts 44444654
Direction NENENNENNNWESESENNE
Beaufort 11110111
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 21113333
Gusts 443491595
Direction NNEWNWNENESSESSEENEENE
Beaufort 10111111
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

Do the models agree on the wind?
Wind (mph) TodayFri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4
ECMWF 617413511523829919418
AIFS 10554796
GFS 12217106871391279810
ICON 923494841510301126410
ARPEGE 122581291559———
ICON-EU 82038374161130——
Confidence highhighhighhighhighhighhigh

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Onshore or offshore wind?

Today, from the west-northwest: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Monday 2, from the south: onshore.

The coast here faces south. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air · today 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · week peak 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps

Questions about the wind in PiraeusQuestions

What's the wind like today in Piraeus?

Light air from the west-northwest: 1 mph now, peaking at 8 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 20 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 11 mph from the south, with gusts of 30 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 0.5 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-offshore: the coast faces south.

More about Piraeus today

Wind near Piraeus

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Wind: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS; the table shows each hour's model); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 14 mi away. Coast orientation: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 1:25 am (local time).

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