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Santorini (Thira) in April

Mild and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Santorini (Thira) is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Santorini (Thira) is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
13h 05mon average

Is April a good time to visit Santorini (Thira)?

A good month, just outside Santorini (Thira)'s best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 64°F in April, against 58°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in April, against 14°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in April, against 0% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in April, against 1% to 43% through the year.

Daylight

13h 05m in April, against 9h 43m to 14h 36m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March61°16°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April64°18°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May70°21°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Santorini (Thira) sits, in April

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:46 AMsets 7:51 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Folegandros52 km north-west

The land around Santorini (Thira), shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Greece in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Santorini (Thira)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santorini (Thira). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (23 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (23 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.