Best year time to visit Crete

General weather information about Crete

Average annual temperature is 16.6 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 40.1 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -0.5 °C

Number of sunny days: 193 days

Number of rainy days: 171 days

Number of snow days: 1 day

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* Weather data for Crete Greece is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Crete air temperature forecast for each month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)16.218.321.620.026.730.740.133.132.626.824.917.9
Average daytime temperature (°C)13.311.815.717.221.526.433.330.827.923.619.315.2
Average temperature (°C)9.27.611.312.817.021.526.725.122.318.315.311.4
Average night temperature (°C)6.03.87.58.812.616.520.019.617.314.012.08.2
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)2.7-0.52.93.69.112.716.617.213.311.33.83.6

Crete monthly weather indicators

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight maximum duration (h)10.011.012.013.014.014.014.013.012.011.010.09.0
Daylight mean duration (h)10.110.912.013.114.014.514.313.512.411.310.39.8
Daylight minimum duration (h)9.010.011.012.013.014.013.012.011.010.09.09.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)8.28.69.910.210.812.913.112.611.19.98.87.9
Precipitation (mm)823272641097818329146139
Sunny days9191413910272319201416
Rainy days228171722204811111615
Snow days010000000000

Best time to visit Crete:

The best time to visit Crete during the most sunny months:

  • June — 12.9(h)
  • July — 13.1(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Crete is at

  • January — 82(mm)
  • March — 72(mm)
  • April — 64(mm)
  • May — 109(mm)
  • June — 78(mm)