Weather in Crete

Calculated from weather data of Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (LGIR) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.3	16.6	16.8	13.8	17.5	14.1
February	16.1	17.8	14.9	15.5	17.0	15.8
March	17.4	19.5	17.6	14.0	16.8	17.5
April	20.2		19.8	21.1	21.0	19.1
May	24.0		21.8	23.5	25.1	25.1
June	27.3		25.8	27.8	27.5	27.1
July	29.8		31.5	29.0	30.3	28.8
August	29.6		30.1	29.3	31.1	29.6
September	27.5		27.8	27.3	27.3	28.8
October	23.9		25.1	22.8	22.6	25.6
November	21.2		23.5	20.8	21.1	18.8
December	17.8		19.1	20.3	16.6	18.1
Average	21.9	17.9	22.8	22.2	22.8	22.4

18th highest temperature of Greece

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.3	12	10	8	11	9
February	9.4	10	9	9	9	10
March	10.2	11	11	8	10	11
April	12.1		12	12	13	12
May	15.7		15	15	16	16
June	19.8		19	21	19	19
July	23.0		24	23	24	22
August	23.2		23	23	24	23
September	20.5		21	20	21	22
October	17.3		18	17	17	18
November	14.7		16	14	15	15
December	11.5		13	13	11	12
Average	15.0	10.8	15.8	15.3	15.7	15.6

22nd lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	35	13	38	27
25 °C or warmer	1	128	130	127	137
20 °C or warmer	16	219	209	218	192
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.6	8	5	15	5	12
February	6.0	4	6	8	6	5
March	5.1	1	4	13	5	4
April	1.7		4	0	1	4
May	1.2		5	0	0	1
June	0.6		2	1	1	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.6		1	1	0	0
October	1.0		0	1	1	3
November	3.4		4	2	1	11
December	7.3		3	2	12	6
Average	2.9	3.9	2.5	3.2	2.3	3.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.7	21	17	20	23	25
February	19.8	20	22	21	19	20
March	18.5	18	19	17	21	20
April	16.4		17	12	20	19
May	15.0		16	13	13	15
June	16.7		16	22	11	19
July	21.1		19	25	23	21
August	21.3		20	19	17	21
September	18.1		19	16	17	19
October	15.8		16	19	17	12
November	16.8		17	17	16	18
December	18.2		15	17	21	16
Average	18.4	19.6	17.6	18.2	17.8	18.8

9th highest wind speed of Greece

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NW	SW	NW	SW	NW
February	W	NW	NW	NW	NW
March	W	NW	NW	NW	NW
April		W	NW	W	NW
May		NW	NW	NW	NW
June		NW	NW	NW	NW
July		NW	NW	NW	NW
August		NW	NW	NW	NW
September		NW	NW	NW	NW
October		NW	NW	NW	N
November		SW	W	NW	N
December		W	S	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Crete weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Crete?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 30 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Crete?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 15 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Crete?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 8.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Crete?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 0.1 %.