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Santorini (Thira) in March

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Santorini (Thira) is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Santorini (Thira) is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
11h 54mon average

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

March sits outside Santorini (Thira)'s best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about two 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 61°F in March, against 58°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in March, against 14°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in March, against 0% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in March, against 1% to 43% through the year.

Daylight

11h 54m in March, against 9h 43m to 14h 36m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February58°14°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March61°16°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April64°18°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Santorini (Thira) sits, in March

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:31 AMsets 6:25 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.