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Excellent: 1684Good: 42Sufficient: 1Not classified: 7
✅ Not a single site in Greece is rated Poor this season.
✅ The safest bets in Greece
Sites that have held the top rating five seasons in a row — not a one-year fluke.
- Kaiafas - Zacharo 3 Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Pantazi Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Mikri Mantineia Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Koroni Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Loutsa Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Methoni 1 Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Stomio Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Katragaki Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Tsilivi - Kampitsi Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Gaidaros Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Poli - Ta Dexia Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
- Poli - Loutsa Excellent ✅ Excellent five seasons straight
📍 Destinations in Greece
- Athens
109 excellent of 109 within 35 km - Corfu
71 excellent of 80 within 35 km - Lavreotiki
77 excellent of 77 within 35 km - Magnesia
69 excellent of 69 within 35 km - Chalkidiki
68 excellent of 69 within 35 km - Agios Nikolaos
68 excellent of 68 within 35 km - Argolis
63 excellent of 63 within 35 km - Istiaia-Aidipsos
57 excellent of 58 within 35 km - Skiathos
56 excellent of 56 within 35 km - Pallini
54 excellent of 54 within 35 km - Ierapetra
52 excellent of 53 within 35 km - Ermioni
50 excellent of 52 within 35 km - Itea
48 excellent of 48 within 35 km - Rio
46 excellent of 48 within 35 km - Western Lesvos
46 excellent of 47 within 35 km - Achaia
47 excellent of 47 within 35 km - Phocis
44 excellent of 46 within 35 km - Palairos
44 excellent of 44 within 35 km - Argostoli
44 excellent of 44 within 35 km - Zagora
44 excellent of 44 within 35 km - Zakynthos
41 excellent of 43 within 35 km - Corinth
43 excellent of 43 within 35 km - Ithaca
41 excellent of 41 within 35 km - Arcadia
40 excellent of 40 within 35 km - Heraklion
38 excellent of 38 within 35 km - Vasiliko
35 excellent of 38 within 35 km - Gytheio
37 excellent of 37 within 35 km - Rhodes
23 excellent of 36 within 35 km - Lefkes
36 excellent of 36 within 35 km - Chora
35 excellent of 36 within 35 km - Monemvasia
35 excellent of 35 within 35 km - Koroni
35 excellent of 35 within 35 km - Aliveri
33 excellent of 34 within 35 km - Vrontados
34 excellent of 34 within 35 km - Chania
32 excellent of 32 within 35 km - Mykonos
32 excellent of 32 within 35 km - Kos
19 excellent of 29 within 35 km - Pythagoreio
26 excellent of 27 within 35 km - Serifos
27 excellent of 27 within 35 km - Agia Marina
24 excellent of 27 within 35 km - Milos
26 excellent of 26 within 35 km - Kythira
26 excellent of 26 within 35 km - Rethymno
25 excellent of 26 within 35 km - Pyrgos
24 excellent of 25 within 35 km - Ikaria
24 excellent of 24 within 35 km - Kavala
20 excellent of 22 within 35 km - Katerini
21 excellent of 21 within 35 km - Agia Galini
19 excellent of 20 within 35 km - Kissamos
20 excellent of 20 within 35 km - Larisa
18 excellent of 18 within 35 km - Thassos
15 excellent of 16 within 35 km - Rodopi
13 excellent of 15 within 35 km - Lemnos
14 excellent of 14 within 35 km - Santorini
13 excellent of 13 within 35 km - Thessaloniki
11 excellent of 11 within 35 km - Skyros
11 excellent of 11 within 35 km
Common questions about swimming in Greece
Is it safe to swim in Greece?
Mostly yes. 98% of Greece's 1,734 officially monitored bathing sites hold the top "Excellent" class in the 2025 assessment, and not a single one is rated Poor.
Which beaches in Greece should I avoid?
None. No bathing site in Greece carries a Poor classification in the 2025 assessment.
Where is the water cleanest in Greece?
1,560 sites have held the top rating five seasons running — a far better signal than a single good year. Around Athens, Corfu, Lavreotiki you will find the densest clusters.
How often is water quality tested in Greece?
Through the whole bathing season. National sanitary authorities sample each official site for E. coli and intestinal enterococci, report to the European Environment Agency, and the published class reflects the last four seasons combined.
Ratings are the official season-long classification, computed from the last four seasons of sampling — not a live reading. After a storm any site can be temporarily worse; local advisories win.