Greece in May 2025 – is it worth going and where? Weather and reviews, air and water temperature, is it possible to swim, how to dress, prices in hotels. What to do and what to see in Greece in early May and the end of spring, – EUROTRAVELER found out.
Whoever said, but Greece is mainly a beach direction. Immensely lively in peak summer months and even in the beginning of autumn. But seeing very small tourists outside the high beach season.
Therefore, apparently, the idea to go to Greece in May comes to mind a very small number of people. It was always so, and this is easily explainable: the climate of Attica and Peloponnes, the islands in the Ionian and Aegean, Mediterranean seas dictates its conditions. And it is difficult to just dismiss them, deciding to himself that, they say, “we’ll get out somehow.”
Judge for yourself! If for the inspection of the Athenian Parthenon and other interesting locations in Athens, excursions to the delfs and meteors, there are no contraindications in the point of view of the weather in the point of view of the weather, then bathing in May at Corfu and Crete, mykonos and even Rhodes seems to be a dubious venture.
There is nothing to say about the rest of the country – most potential tourists believe that snow has recently been there. That is, the gardens in Greece in May may bloom, but the sea has not yet warmed up to comfortable temperatures.
This is partly true! Therefore, Cyprus and Türkiye at this time of the year are more popular directions from the point of view of a beach holiday. And Egypt in early May completely turns into a real resort “hit”.
After all, everything is obvious there: in a hurry to swim and sunbathe, in the summer there you can turn into a head in the sun. And the water is really not able to cool …
However
We will not “sprinkle with ashes” too much – and in Greece during May with warmth and in general the weather is not so bad. Our experience, as well as the reviews of a few who visited Hellas, in late spring testify to this with complete certainty.
Again, not a traveler is alive by a single bathing. So if you organize leisure time with the mind and fully use hotel pools, a trip – it should turn out!
Weather in Greece in May
Seriously depends on the latitude of the terrain. And if ice winds are still blowing in the mountainous areas, but real heat comes to the shores of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece in mid -May.
You did not disgraced: the resort of Kalamat, that on the coast of the bay Mesiniacos, at this time sometimes enjoys the heat under +30 ° C and a cloudless sky. And there it is quite possible not only to sunbathe, but also to swim in the sea.
As, by the way, on some islands of the Aegean Sea. But about that below!
The month begins, however, much more modest. A lot where in Greece in early May the air temperature barely reaches +20-22 ° C. And at night the thermometer even shows dull +14-16 ° C. Transparently hinting that walking in one T -shirt will provide you with far from the best sensations.
Clear days are in the vast majority, giving tourists a charge of vigor and optimism. And if you multiply this on the widespread flowering nature, it becomes clear why you can’t meet negativity in the reviews.
The probability of rains in Greece throughout May is small, although the period cannot be called especially arid! At times there are short rains. But so nature takes care of a new crop: you don’t pour – you will be left without fruits and even grapes.
Saloniki
By the middle of the month, it is worth waiting, if not heat, then a significant increase in temperature. Even on the eastern coast of the country: in Thessaloniki and on the “three -Paltsevo” peninsula, Chalkidiki.
The air there during the day warms up to +20-22 degrees Celsius by the 20th of the month. At the end of May, there is a confident increase in the atmosphere to +24-28 ° C.
Note that usually in Thessalonics and environs more rainy compared to the south of continental Greece. Which, however, is completely redeemed as a tear of a sea, small (at this time) by the number of tourists and affordable even for people with a modest income price.
Athens
On the contrary, in Athens, the weather in May usually differs in an almost complete lack of rain. And air temperatures tend to climb above +30-32 ° C.
In general, if you like to walk a lot, and not spend time in the (conditioned) premises of bars and restaurants, then … In general, the end of spring and summer is not the best time to visit Athens. Where in winter you can literally count in an open place.
Crete
In Crete during May it is much less hot: not higher than +24-28 ° C and rare rains. It is often windy, which helps to endure high air temperatures without overheating.
Such weather allows those tourists who come here to see all the main attractions of Crete, but at the same time do not forget about the beaches. And the impressions will be – fire. After all, competitors in the inspection of the Knossos Palace, the dictate cave, Cretan cities and monasteries at the end of spring will be very few!
Rhodes
The climate of Rhodes is a little nicer, because it is fire. And at the end of May, the heat is almost always installed under +30 ° C!
In addition, the weather on the island is stable. Rains happen, but are not storm. And the air temperature on Rhodes already in early May reaches the range +22-24 ° C.
By the middle of the month, the average daily temperature is growing, primarily due to significant warming at night: up to +20 and even +22 ° C.
Corfu
In early May, it becomes warm on the main island of Greece in the Ionian Sea. In the afternoon, air warms up to +20-24 ° C. And at night it cools to quite acceptable +16-18 ° C.
By the middle of the month or his second decade, Corfu should expect to rise daily temperatures to +26-28 ° C. But this is not for sure – unlike Rhodes, the local weather at the end of spring is not always pleased with stability!
Of course, there are pleasant exceptions-in some years the air temperature at Corfu, starting from the second decade, did not leave the range of +25-30 ° C.
Water temperature
On the islands and off the southern coast of Greece, the sea warms up to +18-19 ° C by May 1. And by the end of the month, in some places gets to the marks +23-24 ° C. But not every year and not everywhere-the usual temperature of the water by the 20th does not exceed +20-21 ° C.
Is it possible to swim in Crete in May? Fans of warm water and tropical seas will skeptically raise the eyebrows and will arrange near the hotel pool. But people are hardened or not too attractive are unlikely to miss the opportunity to swim
Why not – in the northern and Baltic seas, water warms up on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and in June is no more. And they swim there?!
A little simpler will be on Rhodes. Since there the atmosphere in the last month of spring can be repented to such an extent that there will simply not be an alternative to bathing. And you will have to go into the sea, if only in order to cool a little!
In May in May, however, they are not advised there. But closer to the noon that the Aegean, that the Mediterranean Sea, washing Rhodes, heat to +23-24 ° C.
Where it is better to relax
But with everything else will be full order! And if you rent a car, as a week of rest will fly completely imperceptibly. After all, there is a visit not only to the Knossos palace and the Venetian Hanyu, but also by a lot of monasteries and villages in the central regions of the island.
Again, you can find out a lot of interesting facts on excursions: it does not bake your head and the number of groups will not hurt to listen.
A completely different, much more hot, the weather will meet the vacationers of May Rhodes! Greek island, gravitating to Turkish resorts: Marmaris and Oludeniza.
The prospects of beach holidays at Corfu look very good in late spring. Although the water off the coast for a month does not warm up above +21-23 ° C. But the air temperature will fluctuate within +24-26 ° C.
Warm and sunny weather in May traditionally expected at such Greek resorts as napplion and kalamat. It is usually hot on land ( +28-30 ° C), but you can strongly freeze in water (from +17 to +21 ° C).
At the end of spring, pargs are gradually starting to arrive at the beaches of Pargies. Unpopular among foreigners of the resort on the coast of the Ionian Sea. But good, known among the Greeks themselves!
Prices 2025
The organization of recreation in Greece in modern conditions makes you think about whether you will pull such expenses, and then get acquainted with the state of the bank account. Since transportation costs are too high – however, it all depends on where you go on a trip from.
If, for example, from Moscow, then there will have to be given from 90,000 rubles or more than 900 € for flights there and back (to Athens, for example) – direct flights in the past.
But if you go to Greece from Belgrade, then the price of flights (!) Will be 3 more times less – about 250 €. About the same, and sometimes even less to pay for the flight to Greece and back to the inhabitants of Great Britain!
But the prices of hotels will delight everyone without exception!
For example, in the 3-star Hotel Plaza, located in Kalamat, 40 meters from the beach, less than 70 € per day is asked for two. For even a slightly smaller money in the city, you can withdraw entire apartments Kalamata Cozy Apartment. Yes, at a distance of more than a kilometer from the beach, but – the spacious, with an area of 60 m2.
In Rhodes in the town of Lindos, you can rent a number in the Apart-hotel Lindos Athena in less than 50 € per day. Moreover, a huge pool will also be at your disposal.
In Crete, a gorgeous for money is striking the proposal of Artemis Apartments near the town – this is a little west of Hanya. For ~ 70 € per day for two you will settle in separate apartments with an area of more than 40 m2, get the right to use parking and a pool.
What to do
Naturally, everything is subjective! The islands who have settled for the duration of a brief May vacation to the islands are unlikely to be reasonable to leave their limits in order to see any other Greek attractions.
Moreover, there are many interesting places in Crete and Rhodes. Yes, and at Corfu you are unlikely to have time to get bored in a week – the famous naturalist Gerald Darrell did not have time to get bored in a few years!
The saturated promises to be leisure for those who chose for recreation for Halkidiki. After all, they will be able to get acquainted not only with the attractions of Thessaloniki, but also to go to Mount Athos (alas, only men – egregious discrimination!).
Trying to rise to any of the peaks on Olympus-in May the paths here are already freed from the snow. Or get to the “soaring” monasteries of the meteor.
Those who choose Athens will be able to see a lot of interesting things. After all, it seems to them to get acquainted not only with the ancient acropolis, the focus of Hellenic civilization, but also to go to the Delphus sanctuary. To visit Sparta and see the ancient Corinth.
And then – if desired – to go to the sea to Naplion or Kalamat. Or plunge by steam to Santorini or Crete …
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