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Santorini (Thira) in August

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Santorini (Thira) is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 75°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Santorini (Thira) is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
13h 29mon average

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

Yes. August is one of Santorini (Thira)'s best months (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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

2% cover in August, against 1% to 43% through the year.

Daylight

13h 29m in August, against 9h 43m to 14h 36m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July81°27°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August82°28°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September79°26°low 71°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Santorini (Thira) sits, in August

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:35 AMsets 8:11 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 August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August 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.