Weekly note

Greece in May

5 of the 5 destinations in Greece are in season in May: 2 a sweet spot, 3 good, 0 ok.

May is a sweet spot at 2 of these 5 places: Athens and Thessaloniki.

Ranked for May

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Athens sweet spotbusy 25° 4d £203 holidays: GR: Easter Monday; GR: Good Friday
2 Thessaloniki sweet spot 25° 8d — 25C max, 8 rainy days
3 Crete goodbusy 25° 3d — busier than usual
4 Santorini goodbusy 22° 2d — busier than usual
5 Mykonos goodbusy 22° 2d — busier than usual

Fares are the typical return from London for May departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for May departures.

Other months for Greece

May elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Greece as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.