Chaniá weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Chaniá is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with June and August close behind. Chaniá averages about 2,895 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,895
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 507 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 54k
- Elevation
- 139 m
When is the best time to visit Chaniá?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Chaniá is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (39/100, 94 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Chaniá?
Chaniá gets a lot of sun: around 2,895 hours a year. 57 Sunshine Score points separate July (96) from January (39), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #21 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,896 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 54% of the annual 507 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 12° / 54°F | 94 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 85 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 45 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 76 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 24 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 93 | 22° / 72°F | 18° / 64°F | 16 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 96 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 95 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 4 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 23° / 73°F | 17 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 87 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 51 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 76 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 70 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 95 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Chaniá by month
The sea off Chaniá is warmest in August at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in February at 16°C / 61°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
- Heraklion Greece · 96 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Santorini Greece · 154 km · best in Jun · 3,012 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 237 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Kalamata Greece · 256 km · best in May · 2,737 h sun/yr
- Athens Greece · 268 km · best in Aug · 2,907 h sun/yr
- Karpathos Greece · 271 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kithira Greece · 131 km · 2,918 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Milos Greece · 133 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sitia Greece · 180 km · 3,084 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Paros Greece · 187 km · 2,895 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Chaniá compares month by month: Chaniá vs Heraklion · Chaniá vs Mykonos · Chaniá vs Santorini · all comparisons
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