Corfu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Corfu is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with June and August close behind. Corfu averages about 2,819 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,819
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 998 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 101k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Corfu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Corfu is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (30/100, 125 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Corfu?
Corfu gets a lot of sun: around 2,819 hours a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate July (93) from January (30), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #28 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 December, carries about 43% of the annual 998 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 125 mm | 1 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 110 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 96 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 55 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 88 | 22° / 72°F | 17° / 63°F | 42 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| June | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 27 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 16 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 91 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 25 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 81 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 81 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 75 | 23° / 73°F | 18° / 64°F | 115 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 62 | 19° / 66°F | 15° / 59°F | 151 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 155 mm | 1 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Corfu by month
The sea off Corfu is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 16°C / 61°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 7 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
- Preveza Greece · 105 km · best in Jul · 2,849 h sun/yr
- Kefallinia Greece · 172 km · best in Jul · 2,846 h sun/yr
- Ohrid North Macedonia · 189 km · best in Jul · 2,335 h sun/yr
- Tirana Albania · 202 km · best in Jun · 2,686 h sun/yr
- Brindisi Italy · 204 km · best in Aug · 2,716 h sun/yr
- Patras Greece · 208 km · best in Jul · 2,829 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ioannina Greece · 79 km · 2,741 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kastoria Greece · 150 km · 2,479 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kozani Greece · 181 km · 2,478 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Corfu compares month by month: Corfu vs Brindisi · Corfu vs Kefallinia · Corfu vs Ohrid · Corfu vs Preveza · all comparisons
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