Greece — Green City Index

Ranking of 36 reviewed cities in Greece: green space per inhabitant, land surface heat and air quality from satellite and model data.

Ranking

#rank	City	Green m²/capita	Hottest zones °C	PM2.5 µg/m³	PM10 µg/m³	NO2 µg/m³	Index
1	Chalkída	564	+3.9	14.6	27.2	17.9	474.8
2	Tríkala	4197	+3.7	20.0	31.6	23.4	486.2
3	Kalamata	3959	+6.4	15.7	26.9	20.9	497.3
4	Lamía	8910	+6.3	18.3	25.2	21.4	502.0
5	Kavála	2606	+4.2	18.7	29.9	23.0	504.0
6	Lárisa	432	+3.0	17.5	28.2	23.1	515.7
7	Chaniá	203	+3.5	14.2	25.4	17.7	528.2
8	Ioánnina	2697	+4.5	23.5	33.1	27.3	536.8
9	Pátra	684	+4.7	14.9	28.1	29.8	550.8
10	Acharnés	435	+6.3	13.7	26.1	26.7	584.7
11	Agía Paraskeví	5	+2.1	13.2	23.8	22.7	602.7
12	Khalándrion	6	+1.4	13.4	24.3	26.7	612.3
13	Maroúsi	7	+2.0	13.5	25.1	30.8	624.2
14	Agios Dimitrios	1	+0.9	13.9	27.8	34.7	638.2
15	Ilioúpoli	2	+2.1	13.6	26.6	31.2	641.2
16	Palaió Fáliro	2	+1.4	14.0	29.1	34.4	641.5
17	Néa Smýrni	0	+1.0	13.9	28.5	33.4	642.7
18	Kallithéa	1	+1.0	13.9	28.6	34.1	643.0
19	Galátsi	1	+1.5	14.0	27.5	39.2	644.0
20	Néa Ionía	1	+1.0	14.2	27.7	43.0	645.0
21	Zográfos	4	+2.4	13.6	25.5	29.0	646.0
22	Évosmos	6	+1.6	17.4	33.0	25.5	651.2
23	Ílion	1	+1.8	14.3	28.6	41.6	651.8
24	Níkaia	2	+2.1	14.0	30.2	35.6	653.3
25	Políchni	18	+2.4	17.5	33.3	27.1	659.5
26	Athens	2	+2.4	14.0	27.7	38.3	660.3
27	Petroúpolis	0	+2.1	14.3	28.8	37.8	660.3
28	Thessaloníki	2	+1.5	17.9	31.5	28.3	666.2
29	Peristéri	1	+2.3	14.3	29.5	40.4	667.5
30	Výronas	4	+2.9	13.7	26.2	31.6	667.8
31	Glyfáda	4	+3.1	13.2	26.9	26.7	670.5
32	Aigáleo	1	+2.5	14.2	30.9	38.0	672.3
33	Kalamariá	1	+2.2	18.2	28.1	26.3	675.0
34	Korydallós	0	+2.5	14.2	30.7	39.1	676.2
35	Keratsíni	0	+2.9	14.0	30.4	39.9	688.8
36	Piraeus	1	+3.4	14.1	30.6	40.0	712.2

Method and caveats

The Index combines five measurements for each city: green space per inhabitant, how hot its hottest districts get, and three air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2). A city is placed from first to last on each measurement and those places are averaged, with green space counted twice. Lower is better.

Heat is land surface temperature, not air temperature. Air quality values are model estimates. Green area is vegetation extent detected by satellite, not tree height.