Direct Flights from Los Angeles to Athens
Athens · Greece
Nonstop service from LAX to ATH on Norse Atlantic. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 9 cities have a nonstop to Athens, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Athens for, from Los Angeles
14h 20m in the air, 6,914 miles. Give Athens a week: the first day goes to the journey and the jet lag, whatever you intend.
Note that this route only operates June to September, so the trip has to fit that window.
About Athens
Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.6 million inhabitants (2025) based on ELSTAT Census but with undocumented population it reaches 5.2 million. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization. Don't come expecting a philosopher's theme park; contemporary Athens is the graffiti-coated, fast-beating urban heart of the country, where modern Greek culture, business and social life flourish amidst ancient monuments.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Athens
- Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
- The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
- The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the mos…
- The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum.
- Athens, was a prominent city-state (polis) of ancient Greece during the classical period, in the peninsula of Attica.
- The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
- The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.
- Daphni or Dafni is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue.
- The Lyceum was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.
- The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.
- The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity.
- The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal temple in the centre of Athens, now in ruins.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Athens weather, compared with Los Angeles
Within 2° of Los Angeles on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Athens 56°F · Los Angeles 66°F · 10° colder
- April
- Athens 68°F · Los Angeles 68°F · much the same
- July
- Athens 92°F · Los Angeles 75°F · 17° warmer
- October
- Athens 75°F · Los Angeles 74°F · much the same
August averages 92°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around. Athens also swings harder through the year than Los Angeles does — 36° between its coldest and warmest months against 11°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Athens
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Athens is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–77°F.
- How long to stay
- Athens rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Athens, Parthenon, and Acropolis of Athens and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to Athens?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to Athens (ATH) on Norse Atlantic.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Athens?
- Norse Atlantic flies nonstop between Los Angeles (LAX) and Athens (ATH). Norse Atlantic flies it June to September only.
- How far is Athens from Los Angeles?
- Athens is about 6,914 miles from Los Angeles by air.
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to Greece?
- Yes — Athens (ATH) has nonstop service from Los Angeles on Norse Atlantic, making it a nonstop gateway to Greece.
- What is there to do in Athens?
- Popular things to do include Athens, Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens, Platonic Academy, and more.
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