Naxos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇷 Greece · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Naxos is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with August and June close behind. Naxos averages about 2,896 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,896
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 484 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Naxos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Naxos is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (39/100, 95 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Naxos?
Naxos gets a lot of sun: around 2,896 hours a year. 57 Sunshine Score points separate July (96) from January (39), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #20 of 40 destinations in Greece for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,896 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 54% of the annual 484 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 12° / 54°F | 95 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 41 | 14° / 57°F | 12° / 54°F | 82 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 45 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 76 | 18° / 64°F | 15° / 59°F | 26 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 18° / 64°F | 19 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 17 mm | 7 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 88 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 43 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 63 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 85 mm | 1 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Naxos by month
The sea off Naxos is warmest in August at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in February at 16°C / 61°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
- Mykonos Greece · 39 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Santorini Greece · 76 km · best in Jun · 3,012 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 152 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Kos Greece · 156 km · best in Jul · 3,218 h sun/yr
- Athens Greece · 158 km · best in Aug · 2,907 h sun/yr
- Heraklion Greece · 194 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Paros Greece · 24 km · 2,895 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Syros Greece · 53 km · 2,874 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Milos Greece · 90 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Astypalaia Greece · 106 km · 3,100 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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