Mytilene weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Mytilene is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with August and June close behind. Mytilene averages about 2,823 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,823
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 615 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 28k
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Mytilene?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mytilene is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (25/100, 116 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mytilene?
Mytilene gets a lot of sun: around 2,823 hours a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate July (95) from January (25), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 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 January, carries about 50% of the annual 615 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 116 mm | 1 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 91 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 58 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 80 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 48 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 90 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 29 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 19 mm | 8 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 4 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| August | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 3 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 92 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 20 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 86 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 53 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 73 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 101 mm | 1 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Mytilene by month
The sea off Mytilene is warmest in July at around 25°C / 77°F, and coolest in February 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
- Izmir Türkiye · 98 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 154 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 211 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 222 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Kos Greece · 255 km · best in Jul · 3,218 h sun/yr
- Athens Greece · 262 km · best in Aug · 2,907 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Balıkesir Türkiye · 65 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Chios Greece · 89 km · 3,045 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Çanakkale Türkiye · 121 km · 2,654 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Balıkesir Türkiye · 130 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Limnos Greece · 151 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Mytilene compares month by month: Mytilene vs Istanbul · Mytilene vs Izmir · Mytilene vs Samos · Mytilene vs Mykonos · all comparisons
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