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Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8864 GBP £1 GBP = 1.1281 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.1211 USD $1 USD = 0.8975 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.6984 AUD $1 AUD = 0.5887 €UR
Based on National Bank of Greece exchange rates.
Other banks likely to offer rates which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g. the Post Office (https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money).
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com (https://weather.com/en-IE/weather/tenday/l/GRXX0035:1:GR)
Day, Date Hi°/Lo° Wind sp Wet Forecast
Tue 09/04 23°/12° 17 km/h 01% Sunny
Wed 10/04 22°/12° 12 km/h 04% Sun & cloud
Thu 11/04 24°/14° 09 km/h 05% Sun & cloud
Fri 12/04 26°/16° 15 km/h 01% Sun & cloud
Sat 13/04 26°/16° 15 km/h 02% Sunny
Sun 14/04 26°/16° 13 km/h 07% Sunny
Mon 15/04 24°/15° 12 km/h 11% Sun & cloud
Tue 16/04 22°/13° 17 km/h 23% Sun & cloud
Wed 17/04 19°/12° 27 km/h 41% Showers possible
Thu 18/04 19°/13° 27 km/h 24% Mostly sunny
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Mains electricity down between 09:30-13:30 tomorrow in Ratzakli, Spathi, Alimatas, Palia Skala, Mounda and greater Skala area to Limenia.
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Mains water supply down tomorrow from early morning to end of working day in in Makriotika and Potamianata, Pylaros.
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Koryialenios Museum re-opened after maintenance work, opening hours: 09:00-14:00 Monday - Friday.
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Drought sees fires beginning as early as March
The fire season may formally begin on May 1, but forest fires started at the end of March this year, causing particular concern. Indicatively, a fire broke out on Mt Taygetos, southern Greece on March 26, followed by another in the Pieria range in the north, at an altitude where they are not a common occurrence, while 250 hectares burnt in Ierapetra on Crete last weekend. ‘We have had a winter with high temperatures and drought, resulting in a high availability of dead forest matter, which acts as fuel and tinder. If there is a spark, a fire can break out,’ pyro-meteorologists who also analyzed the scenarios for the coming years based on the study of climate change models said in comments to Kathimerini.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1235931/drought-sees-fires-beginning-as-early-as-march/