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Sheltered beaches in Mykonos
27 beaches in Mykonos that stay flat when the meltemi blows. Most protected first, and re-ranked live for today's wind.
A beach counts as sheltered here when its sea stays flat in a strong north or north-east wind (6 Bft), the meltemi. We measured the open sea upwind of every beach on Mykonos: where land lies close to the north and north-east, waves cannot build.
All 27 sheltered beaches on Mykonos
| Beach | Faces | Surface | Meltemi shelter (0–100) | Lifeguard | Bars | Tavernas | Toilets | Parking | Resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agia Anna Kalafatis | south | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Agios Charalabos | west | – | 96 | 2525 bars and cafés | 3131 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Agios Ioannis | south-west | – | 96 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Agios Stefanos | south-west | – | 96 | 11 bar or café | 55 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | |||
| Elia Beach | south | Sand | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking | ||||
| Kapari | west | – | 96 | ||||||
| Loulos | south | – | 96 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Mini Lia Beach | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Ornos | south | Sand | 96 | Lifeguard | 33 bars and cafés | 1515 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||
| Patera Plaka | south | – | 96 | ||||||
| Platys Gialos | south | – | 96 | 44 tavernas and restaurants | |||||
| Agia Anna | west | – | 95 | 1616 bars and cafés | 5353 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Elia Nude Beach | south | Sand | 95 | ||||||
| Frangia | south | – | 95 | ||||||
| Lia | south | – | 95 | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | |||
| Paradise Beach | south | – | 95 | 33 bars and cafés | 66 tavernas and restaurants | Toilets | Parking | ||
| Paranga | south-east | – | 95 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Psarou | south | Sand | 95 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Super Paradise Beach | south-east | Sand | 95 | 11 taverna or restaurant | |||||
| Agia Anna Parangas | south-west | – | 94 | 33 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | ||||
| Agrari | south-east | Sand | 94 | ||||||
| Kalo Livadi | south-east | – | 94 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Sentu Mykonos | south-east | Sand | 93 | Lifeguard | 11 bar or café | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Agios Sostis | east | – | 91 | 11 bar or café | |||||
| Choulakia | west | – | 91 | ||||||
| Kalafati | south-east | – | 91 | 11 bar or café | 22 tavernas and restaurants | Parking | Beach resort | ||
| Tourlos | west | – | 91 | 11 taverna or restaurant | Parking |
Mykonos: how busy is it, month by month
Mykonos is busiest in August. In May and October there are about half as many visitors, or fewer. For a flat sea and fewer people, the best months are June and October.
Visitor levels are nights spent in tourist accommodation in the South Aegean region (Eurostat, average of 2023–2025), compared with its busiest month. They show when the area is busy, not how many people are on a given beach.
Frequently asked questions
Which beaches in Mykonos are sheltered from the meltemi?
27 of the 40 mapped beaches on Mykonos stay flat in a strong north wind. The best protected are Agia Anna Kalafatis, Agios Charalabos, and Agios Ioannis.
Are these beaches sheltered every day?
They are sheltered in the meltemi, which blows from the north. With wind from another direction the sheltered side changes, so check the live ranking above: it applies today's forecast to these beaches and is refreshed every 2 hours.
How do you know which beaches are sheltered?
For every beach we measured how much open sea lies in each of 16 compass directions, using OpenStreetMap coastlines. Waves build over open water, so a beach with land close by in the direction the wind comes from is sheltered. Today's wind forecast from MET Norway is then applied, and the result is refreshed every 2 hours.
Are the forecasts reliable?
They are estimates. The model does not include swell from distant storms, and local gusts can be stronger than forecast. Always follow lifeguard flags and local warnings.