Astypalaia weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Astypalaia is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and August close behind. Astypalaia averages about 3,100 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,100
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 560 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 46 m
When is the best time to visit Astypalaia?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Astypalaia is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (45/100, 115 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Astypalaia?
Astypalaia is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,100 hours of sunshine a year. 52 Sunshine Score points separate June (97) from January (45), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,896 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 56% of the annual 560 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 115 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 91 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 51 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 16° / 61°F | 31 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 94 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 18 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 97 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 10 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 17 mm | 7 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 42 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 77 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 76 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 15° / 59°F | 110 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Astypalaia by month
The sea off Astypalaia is warmest in August at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in March at 17°C / 63°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kos Greece · 68 km · best in Jul · 3,218 h sun/yr
- Santorini Greece · 83 km · best in Jun · 3,012 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 132 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 132 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 137 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Karpathos Greece · 146 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kalymnos Greece · 66 km · 3,101 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Leros Greece · 77 km · 3,080 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Naxos Greece · 106 km · 2,896 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Paros Greece · 123 km · 2,895 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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