Worst time to visit Santorini
Some months in Santorini are clearly tougher for travel — extreme heat, cold, drenching rain, or peak storm season. Here's what to skip.
Santorini doesn't have any clearly "bad" months
The climate stays reasonably comfortable year-round — no extreme heat, cold, rain, or storm season is recorded in our data. Worth visiting any time of year. The hottest month (July) peaks at 28°C / 82°F; the coldest (January) drops to 9°C overnight — nothing extreme either way.
Better times to go
Better months: April (18°C, 3 rain days) · May (22°C, 1 rain days) · June (27°C, 1 rain days) · July (28°C, 1 rain days) · August (28°C, 1 rain days) · September (26°C, 2 rain days) · October (23°C, 4 rain days) · November (19°C, 7 rain days)
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