Chios weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Chios is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with August and June close behind. Chios averages about 3,045 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,045
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 624 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 28k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Chios?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Chios is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (31/100, 124 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Chios?
Chios is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,045 hours of sunshine a year. 66 Sunshine Score points separate July (97) from January (31), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 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 54% of the annual 624 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 124 mm | 1 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 97 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 57 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 74 | 18° / 64°F | 13° / 55°F | 44 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 93 | 22° / 72°F | 17° / 63°F | 24 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 14 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 97 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 10 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 18 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 88 | 22° / 72°F | 18° / 64°F | 49 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 79 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 114 mm | 1 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Chios by month
The sea off Chios is warmest in August at around 25°C / 77°F, and coolest in February at 17°C / 63°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 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
- Mytilene Greece · 89 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Izmir Türkiye · 89 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 99 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 123 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 181 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Kos Greece · 191 km · best in Jul · 3,218 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ikaria Greece · 76 km · 3,081 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Leros Greece · 141 km · 3,080 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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