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Where to go in August / Greece / August

A good place. At the right time.

Greece
in August.

Is August a good time?

Temperature unit

12 of 13 scored regions rate very good or better for weather.

National overnight stays are 100% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
86–95°F
Very good weather
12 / 13 regions

Weather falls below the very-good band in 1 scored region.

Find your August base

Based on 13 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.

Illustration of Oia, Santorini: caldera, blue-domed church and whitewashed lanes
Oia, SantoriniDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 13 possibilities.

Choose your August base.

The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Trip focus

13 of 13 regions · Best weather first

Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.

Illustration of Balos Lagoon from the high footpath viewpointBeachCreteChania · HeraklionRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent90°F afternoons · 0 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Sarakiniko volcanic coast on MilosBeachSantorini, Mykonos & the Greek islandsSantorini · Mykonos · Rhodes · Kos · Naxos · Paros · MilosRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.6/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent86°F afternoons · 0 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Geography-first Delphi sanctuary panorama on Mount ParnassusBeachCentral Greece & EviaDelphi · EviaRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent91°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Porto Timoni double beach below Afionas, CorfuBeachCorfu & the Ionian IslandsCorfu · Zakynthos · Kefalonia · LefkadaRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent86°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Geology-dominant Meteora panorama above KastrakiBeachMeteora, Pelion & the SporadesMeteora · Pelion · Skiathos · SkopelosRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent92°F afternoons · 2 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Nestos River meanders from the Galani and Toxotes high viewpointBeachEastern Macedonia & ThraceKavala · ThassosRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent91°F afternoons · 2 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Molyvos on Lesvos viewed across an olive groveBeachNorth Aegean islandsLesbos · Chios · Samos · LemnosRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent89°F afternoons · 0 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Dense Vathia tower settlement in the Inner ManiBeachPeloponneseNafplio · Mani · MonemvasiaRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.5/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather9.9/10Excellent93°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Thessaloniki White Tower and Thermaic Gulf promenadeBeachThessaloniki & HalkidikiThessaloniki · HalkidikiRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.3/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather9.7/10Excellent92°F afternoons · 3 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Messolonghi salt pans and lagoon at twilightBeachWestern GreecePatras · OlympiaRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather9.5/10Excellent94°F afternoons · 2 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Kastoria waterfront on Lake OrestiadaMountainsWestern MacedoniaKastoriaRead the August guide ↗ Overall7.4/10#6 month here · Balanced Weather8.5/10Very good89°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Vikos Gorge from the Oxya viewpointMountainsEpirusIoannina · Zagori · PargaRead the August guide ↗ Overall6.4/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather7.8/10Very good90°F afternoons · 3 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion above the AegeanCityAthens & AtticaAthens · Acropolis · Cape SounionRead the August guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather6.6/10Good95°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Greece's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Greece's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.

What goes into the scores?

Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.

Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.

Weather across the country

August weather & packing.

Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.

Typical afternoons
86–95°F
Typical nights
62–75°F
Rain days
0–4 days

Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.

What to bring.

Afternoons around 95°F (35°C): summer clothes; nights around 72°F (22°C): T-shirt weather.

Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
Available regional monthly averages. Very good weather means a displayed score of at least 7.0/10.
RegionAfternoonNightRain daysWeather
Crete90°F71°F0excellent
Santorini, Mykonos & the Greek islands86°F75°F0excellent
Central Greece & Evia91°F70°F1excellent
Corfu & the Ionian Islands86°F—1excellent
Meteora, Pelion & the Sporades92°F—2excellent
Eastern Macedonia & Thrace91°F69°F2excellent
North Aegean islands89°F73°F0excellent
Peloponnese93°F—1excellent
Thessaloniki & Halkidiki92°F70°F3excellent
Western Greece94°F70°F2excellent
Western Macedonia89°F62°F4very good
Epirus90°F64°F3very good
Athens & Attica95°F72°F1good

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Peak season, nationally.

August records 100% of August's overnight stays. 13 of 13 regions are in peak season against their own year. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

A little above usual.

+7% on Greece's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.

The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.

Thinking about the coast?

Check the water, too.

Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Thessaloniki & Halkidiki (80°F), Western Greece (80°F), Peloponnese (80°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.

Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip

Holidays: 100% of people in Greece live where schools are out on a typical August 2027 day. Public holidays: 15 Aug Assumption Day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL, and the official calendars.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Greece through the year ↗

August is fixed, but the destination isn't? Find somewhere else in Europe ↗

How we know Sources, scope & limitations

Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Greece's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Greece) that month.

A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Greece's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is below EU average (86 where the EU average is 100). Full method.