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About Platis Gialos
Platis Gialos is a beach on Sifnos, facing south-east. It lies in a closed bay, sheltered from almost every wind. A road leads to the beach and there is parking nearby. Within 300 m there are 6 tavernas and restaurants and 2 bars and cafés. The sea is warmest in August, at about 24 °C. It is above 22 °C from June to September.
Written from map data (OpenStreetMap contributors), our own measurement of the open sea around the beach and NOAA sea temperatures (1991-2020 averages).
When is it busy?
Typical visitor levels around Sifnos, month by month.
Sifnos 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.