Climate
Climate in Crete
Air temperature, 10 m wind, sunshine hours and rain, month by month. Averages 2016-2025. This is not a trip forecast.
Recorded at Iraklio.
The year
The air is 18 °C or warmer from May to October.
11°
Jan
12°
Feb
13°
Mar
16°
Apr
20°
May
25°
Jun
27°
Jul
27°
Aug
24°
Sep
20°
Oct
17°
Nov
13°
Dec
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air (°C) | 11.2 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 20.1 | 24.5 | 26.9 | 26.6 | 23.7 | 19.8 | 16.6 | 12.9 |
| Sunshine (h) | 242 | 250 | 307 | 337 | 376 | 407 | 414 | 401 | 351 | 307 | 273 | 246 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 88 | 74 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 61 | 90 |
| Wind (kn) | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| Gusts (kn) | 24.5 | 24.6 | 26.1 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 24.8 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 22.8 |
| Sea (°C) | 17.5 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.7 | 19.7 | 24.1 | 26.7 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 23.8 | 21.5 | 19.2 |
Mean wind at 10 m, in knots. Gusts are the mean of each day's peak.
Sea temperature, averages 2022-2026. This is not the 2015-2024 series.
The seasons
Spring
March – May
17°·340 h·49 mm
5.9 kn·Sea 18°
Summer
June – August
26°·407 h·7 mm
7.1 kn·Sea 26°
Autumn
September – November
20°·310 h·39 mm
5.7 kn·Sea 24°
Winter
December – February
12°·246 h·86 mm
6.2 kn·Sea 18°
