Mykonos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Mykonos is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with August and June close behind. Mykonos averages about 2,897 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,897
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 523 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 122 m
When is the best time to visit Mykonos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mykonos is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (32/100, 100 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mykonos?
Mykonos gets a lot of sun: around 2,897 hours a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate July (96) from January (32), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #19 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 53% of the annual 523 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 11° / 52°F | 100 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 12° / 54°F | 84 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 48 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 29 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 21 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 9 mm | 9 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 3 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| August | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 92 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 20 mm | 7 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 88 | 20° / 68°F | 19° / 66°F | 46 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 16° / 61°F | 68 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 93 mm | 1 | 17° / 63°F |
Sea temperature in Mykonos by month
The sea off Mykonos is warmest in August at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in January at 16°C / 61°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
- Santorini Greece · 116 km · best in Jun · 3,012 h sun/yr
- Athens Greece · 136 km · best in Aug · 2,907 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 141 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Kos Greece · 170 km · best in Jul · 3,218 h sun/yr
- Izmir Türkiye · 185 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 206 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Syros Greece · 35 km · 2,874 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Naxos Greece · 39 km · 2,896 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Paros Greece · 51 km · 2,895 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ikaria Greece · 92 km · 3,081 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Milos Greece · 113 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Mykonos compares month by month: Mykonos vs Athens · Mykonos vs Chaniá · Mykonos vs Samos · Mykonos vs Mytilene · all comparisons
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