[3] It lies at the southwestern end of the Mesogeia plain and the southeast shoulder of the Hymettus mountain, near the Saronic Gulf coast.

Greek National Road 91 connects Vari with Athens city centre and Sounio.

Grigoris Konstantellos is the incumbent mayor, elected for a second term at May 26, 2019, for the unified municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni.

A 2,000-year-old marble engraving found near Vari might indicate an Archaic temple on the Acropolis of Athens.

It depicts a temple facade with at least five columns and includes an inscription in Old Attic alphabet referring to the "Hekatompedon" by someone named Mikon.