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Sandy beaches in Kythnos
14 sandy beaches in Kythnos: with sand underfoot rather than pebbles. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Looking for sand rather than pebbles in Kythnos? These 14 beaches are recorded as sandy, so they are easier on bare feet and better for children playing. Check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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EpiskopiEpiskopi: the sands below the ancient city — Episkopi stretches along the northwest coast of Kythnos, barely two kilometres from the port of Merichas. It is a wide, long beach of fine and coarse…
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Apokrousis
Apokrousi: the long sands beside Kolona — Apokrousi lies on the northwest coast of Kythnos, north of the port of Merichas. It is a long stretch of fine and coarse sand, with scattered trees…
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Agios DimitriosA long family beach with an easy road — A long sandy beach with a gentle, gradually deepening seabed — genuinely family-friendly. It is named after its seaside chapel, and in August sea…
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Photo credits
- Episkopi: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Dimitrios: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aosa: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Stefanos: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alyki: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kouri: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Zogkaki: DNK GR, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agios Ioannis: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Agia Irini: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Kythnos are sandy?
The beaches listed here are recorded as sand rather than pebbles or rock. Shorelines shift with storms and seasons, so the mix can change from year to year.
Does sand mean shallow water?
Not always. Sand describes the shore, not the depth — some sandy beaches drop away quickly. Open a beach to see its recorded depth, and check live wind and waves before you swim.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 14 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.57 m in June, 0.68 m in July and 0.73 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.68 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 14 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.7 °C in May, 22.2 °C in June, 24.2 °C in July, 25.1 °C in August and 24.5 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.3 °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.
Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.
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