Greece
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2017 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
475km²
Area
279km
Coastline
470m
Highest point
16,700
People
24°C
Warmest sea
August
56km
To the mainland
When to go to Lemnos
Best for the beach from July to August.
The sea is warmest in August (24 °C) and coolest in March (14 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to September.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island of Greece
Lemnos is an island in Greece. It covers 475 km², with 279 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 470 m. About 16,700 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 56 km away.
Getting there
- Çanakkale Airport (CKZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 103 km in a straight lineCar hire at AXD airport (Alexandroupolis)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesLemnos - Kavala, Lemnos - Mytilini, Agios Efstratios - Lemnos, Thessaloniki - Lemnos
- 56 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Lemnos.
- 196beachesThanos Beach, Stívi Strand, Platy Beach and 193 more
- 8viewpointsPink Flamingo Watch Kiosk, Lava rock formations, Gomati dunes and 5 more
- 5lighthousesLighthouse and 4 more
- 1ferry terminalsLemnos Port
- 20marinasLimani Aghias Bay and 19 more
- 2named peaksProfitis Elias
- 1waterfalls
- 4castles and fortsCastle of Skala of Fisini, Kotsinas Fortress, Dapia of Lemnos and 1 more
- 58ruins and archaeological sitesFisini Towers, Ancient Myrina, Kaveírio and 55 more
- 1dive centresBlack Rock Dive Centre
- 1waymarked walking routessommet et chapelle de Profitis Ilias
- 2campsitesSurf Club Keros Lodge & Spa
- 51hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 109restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Lemnos in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Lemnos, each with its own numbers.
9beaches and covesCoastya
2mountainsPeakyas
1lakeLakeyas
Largest lake
5.5km²
Límni Alikí
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
30.4°C
Límni Alikí
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
24.5°C
Wilkinson Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
9 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Wilkinson Beach24.5°C
- Sandy Covecove24.5°C
- Foul Covecove24.5°C
- Tarrant Covecove24.5°C
- Fuller Covecove24.5°C
- Coombs Covecove24.5°C
- Penfold Covecove24.5°C
- Durham Covecove24.5°C
1 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Límni Alikí5.5km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 69 m above the sea. 92 % of it is below 200 m.
- 56 %0–50 m
- 36 %50–200 m
- 8 %200–500 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Mýrina5,406 people
- Moúdhros3,398 people
- Atsikí2,246 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 13 |
| Night low (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Sea (°C) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
| Rain (mm) | 98 | 72 | 60 | 43 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 47 | 68 | 77 | 110 |
| Wet days | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 3.1 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| Wind (km/h) | 26 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.8 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +1.9 | +1.3 | +1.1 |
| 2021 | +2.0 | +2.1 | +1.4 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.3 | −0.5 | −0.1 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.1 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.8 | +0.1 | +0.4 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.9 |
| 2023 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.7 | −0.7 | −1.4 | +1.1 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +2.8 |
| 2024 | +2.9 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.6 | −0.3 | +0.2 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +1.7 | +1.6 | +0.8 | +1.1 |
| 2025 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | −0.7 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.7 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q192483) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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