CalmBeach Greece
Beaches in Mykonos
All 39 beaches in Mykonos, in one list. 22 of them are not exposed to the meltemi, which gives them the better odds on a windy day. Open any of them for live wind and waves.
The beaches
- Agia Anna Sandy - Easy road access
- Agia Anna Kalafatis Sandy - Easy road access
- Agia Anna Paragkas Sandy - Easy road access
- Agios Ioannis Sandy - Easy road access
- Agios Stefanos Sandy - Easy road access
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Agios Sostis
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The wild beach with the cult tavern — One of the last genuinely undeveloped beaches on Mykonos: ~300 m of soft pale sand among rocks and wild herbs, with no sunbeds or rentals.
- Agios Charalampos Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Agrari Sandy - Easy road access
- Vathia Lagkada Sandy - Difficult dirt road
- Gymnistiki Paralia Elias Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Elia
Sandy - Easy road access
The longest beach on Mykonos — Often cited as the longest beach on the island: wide golden sand with deep turquoise water, on the south coast that is sheltered from the Meltemi…
- Kalamopodi Sandy - Easy road access
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Kalafati
Sandy - Easy road access
The windy bay for windsurfing — A wide bay with a sandy seabed on the east/southeast coast, ~11 km from the town. Because it faces east, it is exposed to the Meltemi — the most…
- Kalo Livadi Sandy - Easy road access
- Kapari Sand & pebbles - Easy path
- Karapetis Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Kato Tigani Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Korfos Sandy - Easy road access
- Lia Sandy - Easy road access
- Loulos Pebbles - Easy path
- Megali Ammos Sandy - Easy road access
- Mersini Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Merchia Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Ornos Sandy - Easy road access
- Panormos Sandy - Easy road access
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Paragka
Sandy - Easy road access
The cove next to Paradise — Two sandy coves split by a rocky headland, with golden sand and gentle water (the semicircular shape keeps waves down). Famous Paradise beach is a…
- paralia Sokratis Sandy - Easy road access
- Patera Plaka Moderate access
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Platys Gialos
Sandy - Easy road access
The wide shore and water-taxi hub — The name says it all: "wide shore", a broad sandy beach with shallow water on the south coast. It is the main station for the water taxis that link…
- Tarsanas Sandy - Passable dirt road
- Tigani Sand & pebbles - Difficult dirt road
- Tourlos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Tsagkari Sandy - Difficult dirt road
- Fragkia Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
- Ftelia Sandy - Easy road access
- Fokos Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Choulakia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Psarrou
Sandy - Easy road access
The cove of celebrities and superyachts — It is home to Nammos, the island’s flagship beach club. A jet-set reputation (the "St Tropez of Greece"), with premium sunbeds and high prices.
- Super Paradise Sandy - Easy road access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Meltemi options
The coves that face away from the prevailing wind — the shortlist for a windy day.
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Family beaches
Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.
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Snorkeling
Rockier seabed and clearer water, where there is something to look at underwater.
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Organized
Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.
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Secluded
Quieter and harder to reach — dirt track, a walk, or boat only.
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Sunset
West-facing, so the sun goes down over the water in front of you.
- Sandy
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in Mykonos are more sheltered from the wind?
22 of the 39 face away from the meltemi, meaning less open water in front of them for a wave to build across when it blows. It is not a guarantee — the same beach changes character when the wind turns. Check the live reading before you drive out.
How is this list ordered?
By how well known each beach is, not by a score of ours. Which beach is good on a given day changes hour by hour and cannot be printed on a static page — so this page carries the list and the things that do not change, and the live map carries the conditions.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 39 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.95 m in June, 1.19 m in July and 1.20 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 1.06 m in September. June is the calmest month of the season. We calculate these figures ourselves from European Copernicus wave-model data at 4.2 km resolution. They describe the sea offshore, not the shelter of an individual cove — a bay protected by a headland will usually be calmer than this.
How warm is the water, month by month?
Off 39 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.3 °C in May, 21.5 °C in June, 23.6 °C in July, 24.4 °C in August and 23.8 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 21.5 °C. August is the warmest month. Satellite measurements, 1995–2024, from a sea cell about 5 km offshore; shallow bays usually run warmer than this.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.