Leros weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Leros is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with August and June close behind. Leros averages about 3,080 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,080
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 632 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- Sea level

When is the best time to visit Leros?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Leros is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (42/100, 134 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Leros?
Leros is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,080 hours of sunshine a year. 55 Sunshine Score points separate July (97) from January (42), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 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 57% of the annual 632 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 134 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 99 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 58 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 15° / 59°F | 37 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 19° / 66°F | 21 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 9 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 1 mm | 10 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 1 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 23° / 73°F | 18 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 89 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 43 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 74 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 88 mm | 2 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 49 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 127 mm | 1 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Leros by month
The sea off Leros is warmest in August at around 25°C / 77°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 · 51 km · best in Jul · 3,218 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 57 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 77 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Izmir Türkiye · 127 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 131 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Rhodes Greece · 144 km · best in Jul · 3,201 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kalymnos Greece · 28 km · 3,101 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ikaria Greece · 68 km · 3,081 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Astypalaia Greece · 77 km · 3,100 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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