Greece · 35.34°N 25.13°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Crete is September to November and April to May, with highs of 19–27 °C66–81 °F and nights of 12–20 °C54–68 °F, and rainfall of 16–72 mm0.6–2.8 in a month.
Most rain falls in the winter half of the year (January averages 104 mm4.1 in). The dry season is April to October, with under 8 mm0.3 in in July. July is the hottest month (highs of 29 °C84 °F) and January the coldest (15 °C59 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 35.34, 25.13. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: September to November and April to May.
Open Crete on the interactive map ↗ the same verdicts for any place on Earth, in any month
Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Crete's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not 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 where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1044.1 | 1558 | 947 | rainy | too cold |
| February | 803.1 | 1558 | 947 | showers | too cold |
| March | 722.8 | 1661 | 1049 | showers | too cold |
| April | 321.3 | 2067 | 1254 | dry | good |
| May | 160.6 | 2474 | 1660 | dry | good |
| June | 80.3 | 2882 | 2067 | dry | too hot |
| July | 00 | 2984 | 2272 | dry | too hot |
| August | 00 | 2983 | 2272 | dry | too hot |
| September | 160.6 | 2780 | 2067 | dry | good |
| October | 562.2 | 2373 | 1762 | dry | good |
| November | 722.8 | 1966 | 1355 | showers | good |
| December | 963.8 | 1661 | 1050 | showers | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | September to November and April to May |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | June to August |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | June to August |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | December to March |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. Most rain falls in the winter half of the year (January averages 104 mm4.1 in). The dry season is April to October, with under 8 mm0.3 in in July.
July is the hottest month (highs of 29 °C84 °F) and January the coldest (15 °C59 °F). Annual rainfall is about 552 mm22 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Crete does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.