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Best time to visit Chios
Greece · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Chios
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- JanJChios in January: ok
- FebFChios in February: ok
- MarMChios in March: good
- AprAChios in April: sweet spot
- MayMChios in May: sweet spot
- JunJChios in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJChios in July: ok, busy
- AugAChios in August: ok, busy
- SepSChios in September: sweet spot
- OctOChios in October: sweet spot
- NovNChios in November: good
- DecDChios in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Chios
- Nea Moni 11th-century monastery on the island of Chios, Greece
- Anavatos Village in Greece
- Mastichochoria The 24 medieval villages where the Mastic, a plant resin from the Mastic tree is (almost) exclusively produced.
- Bayraklı Mosque Building in Chios, North Aegean Region, Greece
- Mecidiye Museum Mosque Mosque in Greece
- Archaeological site of Daskalopetra Rock-cut shrine to the goddess Cybele in Chios Municipality, Greece
- Archaeological Museum of Chios Museum in Greece
Tours and tickets in Chios
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Chios), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 13d | 81% | 7.2h | ok | 13C max, 13 rainy days |
| Feb | 14° | 9d | 79% | 8.4h | ok | 14C max, 9 rainy days |
| Mar | 16° | 8d | 75% | 9.8h | good | 16C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 20° | 5d | 68% | 11.1h | sweet spot | 20C max, 5 rainy days |
| May | 25° | 3d | 62% | 12.7h | sweet spot | 25C max, 3 rainy days |
| Jun | 30° | 1d | 55% | 13.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 34° | 0d | 48% | 13.8h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 33° | 0d | 52% | 12.9h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 29° | 1d | 59% | 11.6h | sweet spot | 29C max, 1 rainy day |
| Oct | 23° | 3d | 73% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 23C max, 3 rainy days |
| Nov | 19° | 9d | 80% | 8.3h | good | 19C max, 9 rainy days |
| Dec | 15° | 11d | 84% | 7.2h | ok | 15C max, 11 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Chios town, the port: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Chios's July days now average 33.5°C, 4.0°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 12.7° | 12.5° | 14.7° | 18.9° | 22.9° | 27.3° | 29.6° | 29.4° | 26.8° | 21.7° | 16.6° | 14.1° |
| 2017–26 | 13.0° | 13.7° | 15.9° | 20.0° | 25.0° | 30.4° | 33.5° | 33.3° | 29.0° | 23.3° | 18.8° | 14.9° |
| Change | +0.3° | +1.3° | +1.2° | +1.1° | +2.1° | +3.1° | +4.0° | +3.9° | +2.2° | +1.6° | +2.1° | +0.8° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Chios is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Chios, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Greece: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards are widely taken in shops, hotels and for transport, but not in some restaurants; carry some euros.
- UPI, for visitors from India — For sending money to India, not for paying in shops; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not required; leave a euro or two, or round up, in restaurants. Taxi drivers do not expect a tip, though rounding up to the euro is common.
Getting around Chios
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Viber.
You can bring a car using the boats, or you can rent one there. Chios is a big island and if you want to get around (out of the place where you are staying you have to have wheels) you better rent a car or motorbike. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Chios, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Chios in pictures
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What Chios is like
Chios is a region of Greece, an island in the Aegean Sea 8 km off the Turkish coasts. The population is about 54,000 (2019), with an area of 904 km². Chios or Chora is a port and the island's chief town. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Nea Moni — a UNESCO World Heritage listed monastery Anavatos — a byzantine village monument with tower-like houses. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- There are daily flights by Olympic Air [1] from Athens and Thessaloniki. Sky Express operates regular flights from Athens, Lemnos, Mytilene, Samos, and Rhodes. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Chios, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Chios
Also in Greece
- Ancient Olympia best May, Jun, Sep
- Athens best Mar, Apr, Jun
- Corfu best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Crete best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Kavala best Jun, Jul, Oct
- Kefalonia best Apr, Jun, Jul
- Kos best Apr, Jun, Jul
- Lemnos best Jun, Jul, Oct
- Lesbos best May, Jun, Oct
- Meteora best Apr, Jun, Sep
- Milos best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Mykonos best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Nafplio best Mar, Apr, May
- Naxos best Apr, Jun, Jul
- Paros best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Patmos best Apr, Jul, Oct
- Rhodes best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Samos best May, Jun, Oct
- Santorini best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Thessaloniki best May, Jun, Oct
- Zakynthos best Apr, Jun, Oct
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Kind of place
Chios is in Greece, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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