🇬🇷 Cities in Greece — API & JSON data

Looking for a JSON API covering cities in Greece? Geomelon has 13,700 of them, organized into 19 regions and searchable in 35 languages. Athens tops the list by population (643,452).

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Greece cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Athens	—	643,452
Thessaloniki	Central Macedonia Region	309,617
Patras	Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands	173,600
Piraeus	Decentralized Administration of Attica	168,151
Heraklion	Decentralized Administration of Crete	145,440
Peristeri	Decentralized Administration of Attica	141,971
Acharnes	Decentralized Administration of Attica	100,857
Kallithea	Decentralized Administration of Attica	97,616
Kalamaria	Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace	92,248
Nikaia	Decentralized Administration of Attica	88,077

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=gr&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "c1765b2e-cabc-4ee6-a7cf-d3a57be125c2",
    "name": "Athens",
    "population": 643452,
    "countryName": "Greece",
    "countryCode": "GR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇬🇷",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "01dce588-af09-4801-b322-01f7c30b8934",
    "name": "Thessaloniki",
    "population": 309617,
    "countryName": "Greece",
    "countryCode": "GR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇬🇷",
    "regionName": "Central Macedonia Region"
  },
  {
    "id": "035f2299-6859-43e8-952f-55eb26f26c44",
    "name": "Patras",
    "population": 173600,
    "countryName": "Greece",
    "countryCode": "GR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇬🇷",
    "regionName": "Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=gr&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=gr&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Greece are available in 35 languages.

en: Athens

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Greece cities as JSON (929 KB, no API key) from the Greece cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Greece does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 13,700 cities in Greece across 19 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Greece city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Greece are available in 35 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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