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When to go · Greece

Greece, month by month

The best months for Greece: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.

Month by month

  1. JanuaryMixedAthens mild and quiet; most island hotels closed and ferries reduced; mountain villages cold with snow.Athens and Attica: cool · Cyclades and Dodecanese: rainy · Crete: coolCrowds: Low · 2 festivals or holidays
  2. FebruaryMixedCarnival season (Apokries) with the big parade in Patras; islands still closed.Athens and Attica: cool · Cyclades and Dodecanese: rainy · Crete: coolCrowds: Low · 1 festival or holiday
  3. MarchMixedClean Monday kite-flying and Independence Day parades (25 March); sea too cold for most.Athens and Attica: fine · Cyclades and Dodecanese: cool · Crete: fineCrowds: Low · 4 festivals or holidays
  4. AprilGoodWildflowers and good walking; Orthodox Easter (12 April 2026, 2 May 2027) fills ferries and rooms. Islands start reopening.Athens and Attica: best weather · Cyclades and Dodecanese: fine · Crete: best weatherCrowds: Medium · 1 festival or holiday
  5. MayGreatWarm, green and open; sea cool but swimmable late in the month. Best for sightseeing and hiking.Athens and Attica: best weather · Cyclades and Dodecanese: best weather · Crete: best weatherCrowds: Medium · 3 festivals or holidays
  6. JuneGreatLong days, warm sea, full ferry timetables; first heatwaves late in the month.Athens and Attica: hot · Cyclades and Dodecanese: best weather · Crete: best weatherCrowds: High · 2 festivals or holidays
  7. JulyMixedHot; meltemi winds in the Aegean; Santorini and Mykonos at their most crowded and expensive.Athens and Attica: hot · Cyclades and Dodecanese: hot · Crete: hotCrowds: High · 1 festival or holiday
  8. AugustMixedGreek holiday peak around 15 August; ferries sold out, wildfire risk highest, rooms at top prices.Athens and Attica: hot · Cyclades and Dodecanese: hot · Crete: hotCrowds: High · 3 festivals or holidays
  9. SeptemberGreatWarmest sea, easing crowds and heat; the best all-round month for islands.Athens and Attica: best weather · Cyclades and Dodecanese: best weather · Crete: best weatherCrowds: Medium
  10. OctoberGreatStill swimmable in Crete and Rhodes; many Cyclades businesses close after mid-month.Athens and Attica: best weather · Cyclades and Dodecanese: fine · Crete: best weatherCrowds: Low · 2 festivals or holidays
  11. NovemberMixedRain arrives; islands largely shut; 17 November marches in Athens. Good for Athens museums.Athens and Attica: fine · Cyclades and Dodecanese: rainy · Crete: fineCrowds: Low · 2 festivals or holidays
  12. DecemberMixedAthens and Thessaloniki festive and cheap; mountain villages busy at Christmas; islands closed.Athens and Attica: cool · Cyclades and Dodecanese: rainy · Crete: rainyCrowds: Low · 1 festival or holiday

Weather by region

How each climate zone rates each month.

Weather rating by region and month
RegionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens and AtticaAthens, Piraeus, Cape SounionCoolCoolOKBestBestHotHotHotBestBestOKCool
Cyclades and DodecaneseSantorini, Naxos, Paros, Mykonos, RhodesWetWetCoolOKBestBestHotHotBestOKWetWet
CreteChania, Rethymno, Heraklion, the south coastCoolCoolOKBestBestBestHotHotBestBestOKWet
Ionian islands and westCorfu, Kefalonia, ZakynthosWetWetWetOKBestBestHotHotBestOKWetWet
North and mountainsThessaloniki, Meteora, Zagori, PelionCoolCoolCoolOKBestBestHotHotBestBestCoolCool