Moving to Spain from Athens?

The climate you'd be trading for

Swap Athens for a typical Spanish city and, on the national picture, you're looking at about 3°C colder winters, about 1.5× the rain and about 3°C cooler summers. But "Spain" isn't one climate — it runs from the wet Atlantic northwest to the dry Mediterranean southeast, so the honest answer depends on where:

• Vigo Galicia · Atlantic

  vs Athens: about 2°C colder winters, roughly 5× the rain and about 8°C cooler summers. mild, green and wet — Spain’s Atlantic northwest.

• Alacant Costa Blanca · Mediterranean

  vs Athens: about 2°C cooler summers. dry, warm and sunny — the Mediterranean southeast.

• Málaga Costa del Sol · Mediterranean

  vs Athens: about 2°C cooler summers. warm winters on the southern coast.

Climate deltas compare 1991–2020 normals for Athens (Meteostat) against the same 30-year measure for each Spanish anchor. Rounded to whole degrees and bucketed rain ratios on purpose — coarse enough that measurement noise can't flip the direction.

Getting back to Athens

Direct flights home run year-round from 3 Spanish airports:

• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
• Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
• Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)

Seasonal (mostly summer): Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández (ALC), Bilbao (BIO), Ibiza (IBZ), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Seville (SVQ), Valencia (VLC).

Direct-route map from SpainScore's airport dataset (Spanish-departure scheduled routes). "Getting home easily" is one of the things the quiz can weight for you.