A good place. At the right time.

Greece
in September.

Is September a good time?

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

National overnight stays are 69% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs: 79–88°F
Very good weather: 13 / 13 regions

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

Find your September base

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

Oia, SantoriniDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 13 possibilities.

Choose your September base.

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

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Find a place or region

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 Geography-first Delphi sanctuary panorama on Mount Parnassus

BeachCentral Greece & EviaDelphi · EviaRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.6/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent84°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Nestos River meanders from the Galani and Toxotes high viewpoint

BeachEastern Macedonia & ThraceKavala · ThassosRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.5/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent82°F afternoons · 3 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Dense Vathia tower settlement in the Inner Mani

BeachPeloponneseNafplio · Mani · MonemvasiaRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.4/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent85°F afternoons · 2 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Messolonghi salt pans and lagoon at twilight

BeachWestern GreecePatras · OlympiaRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.3/10#3 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent85°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Molyvos on Lesvos viewed across an olive grove

BeachNorth Aegean islandsLesbos · Chios · Samos · LemnosRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.1/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Porto Timoni double beach below Afionas, Corfu

BeachCorfu & the Ionian IslandsCorfu · Zakynthos · Kefalonia · LefkadaRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.0/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent81°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Sarakiniko volcanic coast on Milos

BeachSantorini, Mykonos & the Greek islandsSantorini · Mykonos · Rhodes · Kos · Naxos · Paros · MilosRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.0/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent82°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Balos Lagoon from the high footpath viewpoint

BeachCreteChania · HeraklionRead the September guide ↗ Overall7.9/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather10.0/10Excellent86°F afternoons · 1 rain day Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Thessaloniki White Tower and Thermaic Gulf promenade

BeachThessaloniki & HalkidikiThessaloniki · HalkidikiRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.3/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather9.9/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Geology-dominant Meteora panorama above Kastraki

BeachMeteora, Pelion & the SporadesMeteora · Pelion · Skiathos · SkopelosRead the September guide ↗ Overall8.5/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather9.8/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Kastoria waterfront on Lake Orestiada

MountainsWestern MacedoniaKastoriaRead the September guide ↗ Overall9.0/10#2 month here · Balanced Weather9.6/10Excellent79°F afternoons · 4 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Vikos Gorge from the Oxya viewpoint

MountainsEpirusIoannina · Zagori · PargaRead the September guide ↗ Overall7.9/10#4 month here · Balanced Weather9.1/10Excellent81°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Illustration of Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion above the Aegean

CityAthens & AtticaAthens · Acropolis · Cape SounionRead the September guide ↗ Overall7.3/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather8.4/10Very good88°F afternoons · 2 rain days Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearNear usual 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

September weather & packing.

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

Typical afternoons: 79–88°F
Typical nights: 56–71°F
Rain days: 1–5 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 88°F (31°C): summer clothes; nights around 66°F (19°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.
Region	Afternoon	Night	Rain days	Weather
Central Greece & Evia	84°F	64°F	4	excellent
Eastern Macedonia & Thrace	82°F	62°F	3	excellent
Peloponnese	85°F	—	2	excellent
Western Greece	85°F	65°F	4	excellent
North Aegean islands	83°F	68°F	1	excellent
Corfu & the Ionian Islands	81°F	—	4	excellent
Santorini, Mykonos & the Greek islands	82°F	71°F	1	excellent
Crete	86°F	68°F	1	excellent
Thessaloniki & Halkidiki	83°F	64°F	4	excellent
Meteora, Pelion & the Sporades	83°F	—	4	excellent
Western Macedonia	79°F	56°F	4	excellent
Epirus	81°F	59°F	5	excellent
Athens & Attica	88°F	66°F	2	very good

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Busy season, nationally.

September records 69% 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

A little above usual.

+6% 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 Western Greece (78°F), Peloponnese (78°F), Corfu & the Ionian Islands (78°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.

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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.