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Where to go in October / Greece / October

A good place. At the right time.

Greece
in October.

Is October a good time?

Temperature unit

All 13 scored regions rate very good or better for weather.

National overnight stays are 33% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
68–77°F
Very good weather
13 / 13 regions

Similar weather scores do not mean similar visitor seasons or hotel prices across regions.

Find your October 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 October 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 Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion above the AegeanCityAthens & AtticaAthens · Acropolis · Cape SounionRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.7/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent76°F afternoons · 3 rain days Visitor seasonModerate 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 October guide ↗ Overall8.7/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent76°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Balos Lagoon from the high footpath viewpointBeachCreteChania · HeraklionRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.5/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent77°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonModerate 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 October guide ↗ Overall9.0/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather9.5/10Excellent74°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Vikos Gorge from the Oxya viewpointMountainsEpirusIoannina · Zagori · PargaRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.8/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather9.3/10Excellent71°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Dense Vathia tower settlement in the Inner ManiBeachPeloponneseNafplio · Mani · MonemvasiaRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.7/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather9.3/10Excellent75°F afternoons · 3 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Kastoria waterfront on Lake OrestiadaMountainsWestern MacedoniaKastoriaRead the October guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather9.1/10Excellent68°F afternoons · 4 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 October guide ↗ Overall8.3/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather8.8/10Very good75°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Porto Timoni double beach below Afionas, CorfuBeachCorfu & the Ionian IslandsCorfu · Zakynthos · Kefalonia · LefkadaRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.4/10#1 month here · Balanced Weather8.7/10Very good74°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Geography-first Delphi sanctuary panorama on Mount ParnassusBeachCentral Greece & EviaDelphi · EviaRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.5/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather8.5/10Very good73°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Thessaloniki White Tower and Thermaic Gulf promenadeBeachThessaloniki & HalkidikiThessaloniki · HalkidikiRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.3/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather8.1/10Very good72°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Geology-dominant Meteora panorama above KastrakiBeachMeteora, Pelion & the SporadesMeteora · Pelion · Skiathos · SkopelosRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.4/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather8.0/10Very good72°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Nestos River meanders from the Galani and Toxotes high viewpointBeachEastern Macedonia & ThraceKavala · ThassosRead the October guide ↗ Overall8.1/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather7.7/10Very good70°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonLow 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

October weather & packing.

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

Typical afternoons
68–77°F
Typical nights
47–65°F
Rain days
3–8 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 77°F (25°C): T-shirt weather; nights around 62°F (16°C): light layers.

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
Athens & Attica76°F59°F3excellent
Santorini, Mykonos & the Greek islands76°F65°F4excellent
Crete77°F62°F5excellent
North Aegean islands74°F61°F5excellent
Epirus71°F51°F7excellent
Peloponnese75°F—3excellent
Western Macedonia68°F47°F4excellent
Western Greece75°F57°F5very good
Corfu & the Ionian Islands74°F—8very good
Central Greece & Evia73°F56°F5very good
Thessaloniki & Halkidiki72°F54°F4very good
Meteora, Pelion & the Sporades72°F—4very good
Eastern Macedonia & Thrace70°F53°F5very good

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Low season, nationally.

October records 33% of August's overnight stays. 1 of 13 regions is in peak season against its own year. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

+3% 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 Crete (75°F), Peloponnese (74°F), Western Greece (74°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: 0% of people in Greece live where schools are out on a typical October 2026 day. Public holidays: 28 Oct Ochi Day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL, and the official calendars.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Greece through the year ↗

October 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.