Limnos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Limnos is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with July and June close behind. Limnos averages about 2,796 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 10 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,796
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 668 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Limnos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Limnos is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (19/100, 98 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Limnos?
Limnos gets a lot of sun: around 2,796 hours a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (94) from January (19), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #29 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 668 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 98 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
| February | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 72 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 35 | 13° / 55°F | 11° / 52°F | 60 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 43 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| May | 82 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 35 mm | 7 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 91 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 27 mm | 8 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 24° / 75°F | 21 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 10 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 87 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 47 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 83 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 68 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| November | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 77 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 11° / 52°F | 110 mm | 1 | 17° / 63°F |
Sea temperature in Limnos by month
The sea off Limnos is warmest in July at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in February at 13°C / 55°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 · 151 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Skiathos Greece · 170 km · best in Aug · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Thessaloniki Greece · 204 km · best in Jun · 2,531 h sun/yr
- Izmir Türkiye · 245 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Athens Greece · 247 km · best in Aug · 2,907 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 276 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Çanakkale Türkiye · 104 km · 2,654 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Alexandroupoli Greece · 121 km · 2,685 h sun/yr · best in May
- Kavala Greece · 122 km · 2,613 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Skiros Greece · 124 km · 2,653 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Balıkesir Türkiye · 157 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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