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Best time to visit Greece

5 destinations · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers) — pick another below

The best time to visit Greece for warm weather is September to November and April to May, when every one of its destinations on Sun Season fits. Rhodes and Corfu have a true monsoon season, falling between November and February depending on the destination.

Verdicts come from WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000; see the method.

Greece month by month

Pick the weather you like and every destination's months are judged against it.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

For Warm weather, the best time is September to November and April to May, when 4 of the 5 of its destinations fit.

Open Greece on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

DestinationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AthensCLDCLDCLDGOGOHOTHOTHOTGOGOGOCLD
SantoriniCLDCLDCLDGOGOHOTHOTHOTGOGOGOCLD
CreteCLDCLDCLDGOGOGOHOTHOTGOGOGOCLD
RhodesCLDCLDCLDGOGOHOTHOTHOTHOTGORNCLD
CorfuCLDCLDCLDCLDGOGOHOTHOTGORNCLDCLD

GO fits · CLD too cold · HOT too hot · DRY too dry · RN too rainy · MSN monsoon

When to go to Greece, by the weather you like

Looking forRuleBest monthsDestinations that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersSeptember to November and April to May4 of 5
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJune to August3 of 5
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJune to August3 of 5
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonDecember to March3 of 5
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month0 of 5

Destinations in Greece