When should you go to Greece, and will the islands you want to see actually be open? May, June, September and October are Greece's best months: warm enough for the Cyclades without August's worst heat and crowds, while hotel nights across the country sit well below their summer peak. July and August bring the hottest inland weather and the year's sharpest seasonal swing, when hotel nights climb to 2.61 times an average month. Many smaller islands also run a thinner hotel and ferry service from November through April, so a winter trip suits Athens, Chania or Corfu Town more than a small Cycladic island.
High and sea, °C: lowest 13.3 °C (56 °F), Athens in January; highest 33.3 °C (92 °F), Athens in July. Wet days: lowest 0, Santorini wet days in June; highest 14, Chania (Crete) wet days in January. Hotel nights: lowest Low (0.13), Hotel nights in January; highest Peak (2.61), Hotel nights in August. Best months: May, June, September, October.
- May, June, September and October balance warm weather against crowds and cost: hotel nights across Greece climb into Peak by May (1.18 times an average month) and ease back to Shoulder only in October (0.86).
- Book Orthodox Easter and Assumption season ahead: Easter Sunday falls on May 2, 2027, and Assumption on August 15 sends pilgrims to Tinos; both are among Greece's biggest holidays.
- Base a winter trip in Athens, Chania or Corfu Town: many smaller islands run a thinner hotel and ferry service from November through April.
Will the islands actually be open?
Hotel nights across Greece swing harder across the year than Italy's or Spain's own tourism data. August's ratio of 2.61 times an average month is the steepest of the three, against Italy's 2.14 and Spain's 1.58. The season here is unmistakably May through September, with October the only month that lands in between.
Meltemi winds cool the hottest days of Greek summer, blowing strongest through the Cyclades and carrying a summer sailing trip from island to island.
Outside the warm months, many smaller islands thin their own service rather than closing outright. Mykonos's bars and clubs shut for the season and flights grow limited from October to May. Skopelos's ferries and other services run a reduced schedule over roughly the same stretch. Base a cold-season trip in a city that stays open year-round, Athens, Chania or Corfu Town.
Spring: March to May
Carnival's finale gives way to Clean Monday's kites. Orthodox Easter, late in 2027, pushes most of Holy Week into April and May both.
March
Best for Carnival's finale and Clean Monday's kites
- Weather: Athens highs 16.8 °C (62 °F), 5 wet days; Santorini highs 16.5 °C (62 °F)
- Dates: Apokries (Carnival) ends on Cheesefare Sunday, March 14, 2027; Clean Monday, March 15; Greek Independence Day, March 25
- Plan it: Greece guide, 7-day Greece itinerary
Patras's Carnival season ends on Cheesefare Sunday, March 14, 2027, the day before Clean Monday opens the 48-day run to Orthodox Easter. Athens warms to 16.8 °C (62 °F) this month, still too cool to swim but mild enough for a full day on foot. Greek Independence Day on March 25 closes museums and archaeological sites for the holiday.
Join the kite-flyers on Philopappos Hill for Clean Monday's lagana flatbread, olives and taramasalata, a Lenten picnic eaten outdoors across the country. Patras itself is worth the trip only for Carnival's final weekend; by late March, its masked balls and street parades are already over.
April
Best for Palm Sunday and Holy Week's early days
- Weather: Athens highs 21.3 °C (70 °F); Chania highs 21.2 °C (70 °F), sea 15.3 °C (60 °F)
- Dates: Palm Sunday, April 25, 2027, opens Holy Week; Good Friday, April 30
- Plan it: 4-day Athens itinerary, where to go in April
Athens reaches 21.3 °C (70 °F) in April, dry enough to spend a full day around the Acropolis and the Plaka, while Chania's sea holds at a cool 15.3 °C (60 °F). Orthodox Easter falls unusually late in 2027, so Holy Week's first days land in April instead of its usual slot in March.
Watch a neighborhood's Good Friday procession in the evening, when parishes nationwide carry a flower-covered bier through the streets. In Athens, onlookers sometimes spot a trail of candles coming down from the church atop Lykavittos Hill. Book Corfu, Patmos or Hydra ahead if a strong Easter tradition is the draw: their biggest day of the year, Easter Sunday, doesn't land until May.
May
Best for Easter Sunday and Corfu's pot-throwing
- Weather: Athens highs 26.0 °C (79 °F), sea 18.2 °C (65 °F); Santorini highs 23.6 °C (74 °F), sea 18.7 °C (66 °F)
- Dates: Holy Saturday and Corfu's Botides, May 1, 2027, 11 am; Easter Sunday, May 2; Easter Monday, May 3
- Plan it: 10-day Greece honeymoon itinerary, where to go in May
Easter Sunday lands on May 2 in 2027: "In 2027, Holy Pascha will be celebrated on May 2nd," the Orthodox Church's own movable-feast calendar states. The holiday ranks as Greece's single biggest of the year, topping even Christmas. May Day, usually its own separate date, falls on Holy Saturday this year.
Athens climbs to 26.0 °C (79 °F), though the sea still runs a cool 18.2 °C (65 °F). The Cyclades stay a few degrees cooler, with Santorini's sea at 18.7 °C (66 °F).
Corfu Town's Botides fills the streets at 11 am on Holy Saturday, when large clay pots are thrown from Venetian balconies to smash in the street below. Arrive by 9 am: the best viewing spots at the Liston fill up hours before the bells toll.
Frente (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)A kite flown for Clean Monday, the start of Orthodox Lent
Summer: June to August
The sea turns genuinely warm in June, the Cyclades sail under their strongest summer winds through July, and hotel nights peak harder in August than in any other month of the year.
June
Best for the sea turning warm and the Pentecost sailing rush
- Weather: Athens highs 30.1 °C (86 °F), sea 21.8 °C (71 °F); Santorini highs 27.9 °C (82 °F), sea 21.7 °C (71 °F)
- Dates: Pentecost, June 20, 2027; Holy Spirit Monday, June 21
- Plan it: Greek Islands 10-day itinerary, where to go in June
Athens and Santorini's sea turns genuinely warm in June, holding at 21.8 °C (71 °F) and 21.7 °C (71 °F), both up sharply from May's cooler 18 °C (65 °F) range. Pentecost and Holy Spirit Monday make one of the busiest sailing weekends of the year, as Athenians leave the city for the islands and ferries fill up.
Catch the opening weeks of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, Greece's premier performing-arts festival, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus below the Acropolis; it runs into September. Reserve tickets for the most popular shows several weeks out.
July
Best for sailing the Cyclades, worst for the mainland heat
- Weather: Athens highs 33.3 °C (92 °F), sea 25.2 °C (77 °F); Corfu highs 33.1 °C (92 °F); Santorini sea 23.9 °C (75 °F)
- Plan it: Greek Islands 10-day itinerary, where to go in July
Skip the mainland in July if heat bothers you: Athens and Corfu both reach 33.1 to 33.3 °C (92 °F), among the year's hottest readings. Meltemi winds are a defining part of the islands in high summer, even as the mainland bakes.
Book a Cyclades ferry, hotel or rental car well ahead this month: July and August are the islands' highest-rate, most crowded stretch of the year. Carry water and start sightseeing early; midday hours are hard going in this heat.
August
Best for Tinos's pilgrimage, worst for crowds and cost
- Weather: Athens highs 33.3 °C (92 °F), sea 26.4 °C (80 °F); Corfu sea 26.6 °C (80 °F)
- Dates: Assumption of the Theotokos, August 15; August Full Moon, August 17, 2027
- Plan it: Greece guide, 10-day Greece honeymoon itinerary
Hotel nights across Greece peak in August at 2.61 times an average month, the year's steepest reading, so book Athens and island accommodation earlier than you would for any other month. The heat holds from July, with Athens repeating its 33.3 °C (92 °F) and Corfu running even hotter, at 33.3 °C (92 °F) against July's 33.1 °C (92 °F).
The country effectively shuts down around August 15, Assumption Day, as families travel to ancestral villages. Pilgrims converge on Tinos the same day for Greece's largest religious pilgrimage, some climbing the road from the port to the Church of Panagia Evangelistria on their knees.
Stay out late on August 17, 2027, when the Ministry of Culture opens more than 100 archaeological sites and museums for the night of the August full moon, many with free concerts or stargazing. Reach the best-known Athens sites before moonrise; they fill fast.
Photo by Gotta Be Worth It on PexelsSantorini's cliffside houses at sunset, Oia
Autumn: September to November
September keeps nearly all of August's sea warmth at a third fewer hotel nights, October still allows a swim before the Samaria Gorge closes for the season. November turns hard into Greece's quietest stretch.
September
Best for August's sea without August's price
- Weather: Athens highs 29.1 °C (84 °F), sea 25.8 °C (78 °F); Santorini highs 27.1 °C (81 °F), sea 24.8 °C (77 °F)
- Plan it: 7-day Greece itinerary, where to go in September
Choose September over August for the same sea at a lighter cost: Santorini's water holds at 24.8 °C (77 °F), identical to August's own reading. Hotel nights across Greece drop from August's 2.61 times an average month to 1.79, a 31 percent fall. Athens cools slightly to 29.1 °C (84 °F), still warm enough for full days outdoors. The Athens Epidaurus Festival closes out its summer season this month.
Swim through the month on any Cycladic beach while the water holds its summer warmth, and expect noticeably thinner crowds than July or August at the same sights.
October
Best for Ohi Day, and a last swim before the gorge closes
- Weather: Athens highs 23.6 °C (74 °F), sea 23.6 °C (74 °F); Chania highs 24.5 °C (76 °F), sea 22.7 °C (73 °F)
- Dates: Ohi Day, October 28
- Plan it: Greek Islands 10-day itinerary, where to go in October
Ohi Day commemorates Greece's 1940 refusal of the Axis ultimatum with parades in Athens and Thessaloniki, the country's largest; schools close for the day. The sea is still warm enough to swim from Athens to Crete. Athens holds at 23.6 °C (74 °F), identical to its own daytime high this month, and Chania's sea sits close behind at 22.7 °C (73 °F).
Hike the Samaria Gorge before winter sets in: the trail closes for the season in November because of flood and rockfall risk, and doesn't reopen until May. Hotel nights across Greece ease to 0.86 times an average month, the only Shoulder reading of the year.
November
Best for a quiet Athens, as the islands thin out
- Weather: Athens highs 19.2 °C (67 °F), 5 wet days; Corfu highs 19.7 °C (67 °F), 13 wet days
- Dates: Polytechnic Anniversary, November 17
- Plan it: 4-day Athens itinerary, Greece guide
Corfu logs 13 wet days in November, tied with January for its wettest of the year, as the Ionian Sea's wetter winter pattern takes hold. Hotel nights across the country fall hard this month too, to 0.18 times an average month. The Polytechnic Anniversary on November 17 closes central Athens metro stations for the afternoon march to the US Embassy, one of the year's largest.
Base a November trip in Athens, Chania or Corfu Town, which stay open year-round while many smaller islands thin their hotel and ferry service. Avoid the Exarchia neighborhood on the evening of November 17, when the Polytechnic march passes through.
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Photo by Salih Akbudak on PexelsHikers in the Samaria Gorge, a narrow canyon hike in Crete's White Mountains
Winter: December to February
Athens stays mild enough for a city break through Christmas and Epiphany, January and February tie for the country's quietest months, and Carnival's three-week build-up opens in the last week of February.
December
Best for Christmas in Athens, and Crete's mildest winter days
- Weather: Athens highs 15.2 °C (59 °F), sea 18.2 °C (65 °F); Chania highs 17.3 °C (63 °F)
- Dates: Christmas, December 25, opens the twelve days to Epiphany on January 6
- Plan it: 4-day Athens itinerary, Greece guide
Syntagma Square lights up for Christmas through December, the start of a twelve-day run to Epiphany on January 6. Children go door to door singing kalanda carols. Athens holds at a mild 15.2 °C (59 °F) for the season, and Chania runs even milder at 17.3 °C (63 °F), the warmest reading of the four chart cities this month.
Try melomakarona and kourabiedes, the two Christmas sweets found on every table, and look for coastal towns' model boats, decorated instead of a Christmas tree. The week around Christmas Day itself fills fast, since Greek families travel for the holiday.
January
Best for Epiphany's harbor dive and the year's fewest visitors
- Weather: Athens highs 13.3 °C (56 °F), lows 6.6 °C (44 °F), 7 wet days; Corfu highs 14.2 °C (58 °F), lows 5.4 °C (42 °F)
- Dates: New Year's Day, January 1; Epiphany, January 6
- Plan it: Greece guide, 4-day Athens itinerary
Families cut the vasilopita cake on New Year's Day, a coin baked inside for whoever's slice holds it. Hotel nights across the country sit at just 0.13 times an average month this January, the year's lowest reading alongside February. On January 6, Epiphany, a priest throws a cross into the sea for young men to dive for at Piraeus harbor and other coastal towns.
January holds the year's coldest readings: Athens reaches just 13.3 °C (56 °F), and Corfu actually dips colder at night, 5.4 °C (42 °F) against Athens's 6.6 °C (44 °F). Watch the Epiphany dive from Piraeus's waterfront if the date lines up with your trip.
February
Best for Carnival's opening weeks, still deep in low season
- Weather: Athens highs 15.1 °C (59 °F); Santorini highs 15.0 °C (59 °F)
- Dates: Apokries (Carnival) season opens, February 21, 2027
- Plan it: 7-day Greece itinerary, Greece guide
Catch Carnival's opening weeks in Patras or Xanthi, the country's two largest, as the three-week Apokries season begins and builds toward its finale in mid-March. Athens and Santorini sit within a tenth of a degree of each other this month, 15.1 °C (59 °F) and 15.0 °C (59 °F), both still deep in the chart's Low band.
Join a masked ball in Patras if Carnival is the draw, or spend the month in Athens for the quiet museums and short lines that come with one of the year's lowest visitor counts. Either way, pack for rain: both the mainland and the Ionian islands see frequent wet weather this month.
Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece (CC BY 2.0)The Blessing of the Waters, a Greek Epiphany tradition, at a monastery in Santorini
Which month suits your trip?
| If you want | Go in | Because |
|---|---|---|
| A first trip: Athens plus one or two islands | May, June, September, October | Athens at 23.6-30.1 °C (74-86 °F), still under August's 33.3 °C (92 °F) |
| The warmest sea | August | Corfu's sea reaches 26.6 °C (80 °F), Santorini's holds at 24.8 °C (77 °F) |
| Orthodox Easter | Late April to early May | Holy Week runs April 25 to May 3, 2027; Easter Sunday is May 2 |
| A mild winter base | Crete | Chania's January high is 15.5 °C (60 °F), warmer than Athens, Santorini or Corfu |
| Named festivals | March, June, August | Carnival's finale, the Epidaurus Festival, Assumption Day on Tinos |
| Low prices and fewer crowds | November to April | Hotel nights across Greece fall as low as 0.13 times an average month |
| Avoid | August for crowds and cost; small islands in winter | Hotel nights peak at 2.61 times an average month; many smaller islands thin their ferries and hotels |
A typical traveler spends about $243 a person a day in Greece, in traveler-reported averages, with Athens running lower at about $173 and Santorini higher at about $281. August is the one month when prices rise almost everywhere at once, so book it first.
Greece's twelve months compared
| Month | Athens | Santorini | Chania (Crete) | Corfu | Corfu wet days | What's on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3 °C (56 °F), sea 15.8 °C (60 °F) | 14.5 °C (58 °F), sea 17.1 °C (63 °F) | 15.5 °C (60 °F), sea 15.7 °C (60 °F) | 14.2 °C (58 °F), sea 16.2 °C (61 °F) | 13 | New Year, Epiphany Jan 6 |
| February | 15.1 °C (59 °F), sea 14.8 °C (59 °F) | 15.0 °C (59 °F), sea 16.6 °C (62 °F) | 16.6 °C (62 °F), sea 14.7 °C (58 °F) | 15.5 °C (60 °F), sea 15.1 °C (59 °F) | 10 | Carnival opens Feb 21 |
| March | 16.8 °C (62 °F), sea 14.7 °C (58 °F) | 16.5 °C (62 °F), sea 16.5 °C (62 °F) | 17.7 °C (64 °F), sea 14.7 °C (58 °F) | 16.9 °C (62 °F), sea 14.8 °C (59 °F) | 10 | Carnival ends Mar 14, Clean Monday Mar 15, Independence Day Mar 25 |
| April | 21.3 °C (70 °F), sea 15.5 °C (60 °F) | 19.3 °C (67 °F), sea 16.7 °C (62 °F) | 21.2 °C (70 °F), sea 15.3 °C (60 °F) | 20.5 °C (69 °F), sea 15.9 °C (61 °F) | 6 | Palm Sunday Apr 25, Good Friday Apr 30 |
| May | 26.0 °C (79 °F), sea 18.2 °C (65 °F) | 23.6 °C (74 °F), sea 18.7 °C (66 °F) | 25.3 °C (78 °F), sea 17.6 °C (64 °F) | 25.0 °C (77 °F), sea 18.7 °C (66 °F) | 7 | Easter Sunday May 2, Easter Monday May 3 |
| June | 30.1 °C (86 °F), sea 21.8 °C (71 °F) | 27.9 °C (82 °F), sea 21.7 °C (71 °F) | 29.3 °C (85 °F), sea 20.8 °C (69 °F) | 30.1 °C (86 °F), sea 22.1 °C (72 °F) | 4 | Pentecost Jun 20-21, Epidaurus Festival opens |
| July | 33.3 °C (92 °F), sea 25.2 °C (77 °F) | 29.8 °C (86 °F), sea 23.9 °C (75 °F) | 31.3 °C (88 °F), sea 24.2 °C (76 °F) | 33.1 °C (92 °F), sea 24.7 °C (76 °F) | 2 | Epidaurus Festival continues |
| August | 33.3 °C (92 °F), sea 26.4 °C (80 °F) | 29.9 °C (86 °F), sea 24.8 °C (77 °F) | 30.9 °C (88 °F), sea 25.3 °C (78 °F) | 33.3 °C (92 °F), sea 26.6 °C (80 °F) | 2 | Assumption/Tinos Aug 15, Full Moon Aug 17 |
| September | 29.1 °C (84 °F), sea 25.8 °C (78 °F) | 27.1 °C (81 °F), sea 24.8 °C (77 °F) | 28.5 °C (83 °F), sea 24.7 °C (76 °F) | 28.8 °C (84 °F), sea 25.8 °C (78 °F) | 7 | Epidaurus Festival closes |
| October | 23.6 °C (74 °F), sea 23.6 °C (74 °F) | 23.1 °C (74 °F), sea 22.7 °C (73 °F) | 24.5 °C (76 °F), sea 22.7 °C (73 °F) | 23.8 °C (75 °F), sea 23.1 °C (74 °F) | 8 | Ohi Day Oct 28, Samaria Gorge closes |
| November | 19.2 °C (67 °F), sea 21.0 °C (70 °F) | 19.8 °C (68 °F), sea 20.4 °C (69 °F) | 21.0 °C (70 °F), sea 20.2 °C (68 °F) | 19.7 °C (67 °F), sea 20.8 °C (69 °F) | 13 | Polytechnic Anniversary Nov 17 |
| December | 15.2 °C (59 °F), sea 18.2 °C (65 °F) | 15.9 °C (61 °F), sea 18.4 °C (65 °F) | 17.3 °C (63 °F), sea 18.0 °C (64 °F) | 16.1 °C (61 °F), sea 18.3 °C (65 °F) | 9 | Christmas Dec 25 |
Highs and sea temperatures are monthly averages for 2013 to 2022, measured for the location named. Hotel nights are Greece's own monthly tourist-accommodation stays divided by 2025's average month, from Eurostat; the series has no island-by-island breakdown, so the figure is national, not specific to any one region.
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The 7-day Greece itinerary spends four days in Athens and three on Santorini. The Greece things-to-do guide covers the islands and sites to add, and the Greek food guide what to eat in each season. The 4-day Athens itinerary suits a shorter city trip. The 10-day Greece honeymoon itinerary pairs Santorini with Naxos at a slower pace, and the 10-day Greek Islands itinerary covers more island-hopping ground. The Greece guide breaks down what to eat and see in each region.
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Common questions
What is the best month to visit Greece?
May, June, September and October are Greece's best months. Athens warms to 26.0 °C (79 °F) in May without summer's worst heat. The sea around Santorini holds at 24.8 °C (77 °F) through September, a month after the country's hotel nights peak.
What is the cheapest and least crowded time to visit Greece?
January and February are Greece's quietest months, when hotel nights across the country fall to 0.13 times an average month in both. Many smaller islands also run a thinner ferry and hotel service from November through April, so a winter trip suits Athens or a larger base more than a small island.
What is the temperature in Greece by month?
Athens ranges from a January high of 13.3 °C (56 °F) to an August high of 33.3 °C (92 °F), as 2013-2022 averages. The sea lags the air: Santorini's water doesn't pass 21 °C (70 °F) until June, even though the island's own daytime high reaches 23.6 °C (74 °F) in May.
Which Greek island should I visit, and does the month matter?
The season matters more than the island: Santorini and Mykonos share nearly the same warm, dry Cycladic climate, while Corfu in the Ionian Sea gets far wetter winters, 13 wet days in November against Santorini's 4. Crete runs the mildest winter of the four regions covered here, with Chania's January high still at 15.5 °C (60 °F).
Is 7 days enough for Greece?
The 7-day Greece itinerary spends four days in Athens and three on Santorini. A longer island-hopping trip benefits from avoiding the two weeks around August 15, when hotel nights across Greece peak at 2.61 times an average month.
When is Orthodox Easter in 2027, and why does it matter for a trip?
Orthodox Easter falls on May 2, 2027, with Good Friday on April 30 and Easter Monday on May 3. The holiday is Greece's single biggest of the year, so accommodation on islands with a strong Easter tradition, Corfu, Patmos and Hydra among them, is worth booking months ahead.
When do the Greek islands' hotels and ferries wind down for winter?
Many smaller islands run a thinner hotel, bar and ferry service from around November through April, while larger bases such as Athens, Chania and Corfu Town stay open year-round. Hotel nights across Greece drop to 0.17 times an average month in December, close behind January and February's 0.13.
What is the meltemi, and when does it blow?
The meltemi is Greece's seasonal summer wind, cooling the hottest days of the year and blowing strongest through the Cyclades, where it carries a summer sailing trip from island to island.
Is Crete a good year-round destination?
Crete runs the mildest winter of Greece's main regions: Chania's January high holds at 15.5 °C (60 °F), warmer than Athens, Santorini or Corfu in the same month. Its best-known hike, the Samaria Gorge, is the exception, closed from November through April because of winter flood risk.
What is the worst time to visit Greece?
August is the hardest month for a first trip: hotel nights across Greece peak at 2.61 times an average month. Inland highs in Athens and Corfu both reach 33.3 °C (92 °F). July runs close behind on cost, at 2.39 times an average month, with the Cyclades under their strongest summer winds.
When is Greek Carnival (Apokries) in 2027?
Apokries, the Greek Carnival season, runs from February 21 to March 14, 2027, ending on Cheesefare Sunday the day before Clean Monday starts Lent. Patras hosts the country's largest Carnival, with Xanthi's in the north as the best-known alternative.
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