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Best time to visit Rhodes

Greece · 36.44°N 28.22°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Rhodes is April to May and October, when mean temperatures run from 16 °C61 °F to 21 °C70 °F and rainfall runs 24–72 mm0.9–2.8 in a month.

The rainy season runs November to February, and December to February is a true monsoon — 128–152 mm5.0–6.0 in a month, peaking in January at 152 mm6.0 in. July is the hottest month at 27 °C81 °F and January the coldest at 12 °C54 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 36.44, 28.22 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Rhodes weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: April to May and October.

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

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
12°53°JAN1526.012°53°FEB1285.013°55°MAR803.116°61°APR321.320°68°MAY240.924°75°JUN80.327°80°JUL0027°80°AUG0024°75°SEP80.321°69°OCT722.816°61°NOV1044.113°55°DEC1526.0
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Rhodes's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January1526.01253monsoontoo cold
February1285.01253monsoontoo cold
March803.11355showerstoo cold
April321.31661drygood
May240.92068drygood
June80.32475drytoo hot
July002780drytoo hot
August002780drytoo hot
September80.32475drytoo hot
October722.82169showersgood
November1044.11661rainytoo rainy
December1526.01355monsoontoo cold

When to go to Rhodes, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersApril to May and October
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJune to September
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJune to September
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonMarch
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Rhodes?

Yes. The rainy season runs November to February, and December to February is a true monsoon — 128–152 mm5.0–6.0 in a month, peaking in January at 152 mm6.0 in. Outside it, April to September is dry.

July is the hottest month at 27 °C81 °F and January the coldest at 12 °C54 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 760 mm30 in.

Where to go instead when Rhodes doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Rhodes doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.