According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Greece is May to June and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Greece
- Best months
- May to June and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Greece is best for
Ancient ruins in Athens and the Peloponnese, scenic island beaches, fresh seafood, and easy coastal driving.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Greece by month
Monthly averages around Athens; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 9 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| February | about 10 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| March | about 12 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| April | about 15 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| May best | about 20 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| June best | about 25 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| July | about 28 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| September best | about 24 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| October best | about 19 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| November | about 15 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| December | about 11 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Greece
- Capital
- Athens
- Language
- Greek
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time
- UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +30
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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