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Santorini (Thira) in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Santorini (Thira) is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 43 minutes.December in Santorini (Thira) is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 43 minutes.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
9h 43mon average

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

December sits outside Santorini (Thira)'s best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in December, against 58°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in December, against 14°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in December, against 0% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

9h 43m in December, against 9h 43m to 14h 36m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November67°19°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December62°17°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January59°15°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Santorini (Thira) sits, in December

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:22 AMsets 5:04 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.