During the Olympic Games, it was mostly sunny and hot weather in Athens. The main reason is that

You are talking about the situation of the 2004 Athens Olympics (the 28th Summer Olympics). This is mainly because Athens, Greece, has a typical "Mediterranean climate". The characteristics of the Mediterranean climate are "hot and dry in summer and hot and dry in winter." Mild and rainy".

Athens has a mild climate and a tropical Mediterranean climate. Winters are warm and humid, summers have little rain and plenty of sunshine. The average minimum temperature in the coldest month is 0℃ and the maximum temperature is 37℃. There is a lot of rainfall from mid-October to mid-April of the following year; in summer, the rainfall is very small, usually in the form of heavy rain or thunderstorms. Summer temperatures are higher, with an average maximum temperature of 32°C. There are occasional heat waves during July and August every year, with the highest temperature exceeding 38°C.