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Best time to visit Lemnos
Greece · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Lemnos
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- JanJLemnos in January: ok
- FebFLemnos in February: ok
- MarMLemnos in March: good
- AprALemnos in April: sweet spot
- MayMLemnos in May: good, busy
- JunJLemnos in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJLemnos in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugALemnos in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSLemnos in September: sweet spot, busy
- OctOLemnos in October: sweet spot
- NovNLemnos in November: good
- DecDLemnos in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Lemnos
- Poliochni Archaeological site on Lemnos island, Greece
- Gomati Dunes These dunes are the largest sand dunes in Greece.
- Ifestia The ancient site of Ifestia, located near the village Kontopouli, was from the Neolithic to the early Christianity an important religious centre.
- Koukonesi A small island close to Moudros, which can be reached via a causeway.
- Chortarolimni From autumn to spring you can find many different bird species in this marsh area.
Tours and tickets in Lemnos
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Lemnos), 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 | 11° | 10d | 75% | 6.6h | ok | 11C max, 10 rainy days |
| Feb | 12° | 7d | 74% | 7.7h | ok | 12C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 14° | 6d | 73% | 9.3h | good | 14C max, 6 rainy days |
| Apr | 17° | 5d | 72% | 11.0h | sweet spot | 17C max, 5 rainy days |
| May | 22° | 3d | 69% | 12.5h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 28° | 1d | 64% | 13.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 30° | 1d | 58% | 13.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 30° | 1d | 59% | 12.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 26° | 1d | 65% | 11.3h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 21° | 4d | 74% | 9.4h | sweet spot | 21C max, 4 rainy days |
| Nov | 17° | 7d | 77% | 7.6h | good | 17C max, 7 rainy days |
| Dec | 14° | 9d | 78% | 6.6h | ok | 14C max, 9 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Myrina, the island's town: 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
Lemnos's July days now average 30.3°C, 4.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 11 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 10.6° | 10.3° | 11.8° | 15.3° | 18.9° | 23.2° | 25.6° | 25.7° | 23.3° | 18.8° | 14.4° | 12.3° |
| 2017–26 | 11.4° | 12.2° | 13.9° | 17.4° | 22.0° | 27.6° | 30.3° | 30.3° | 26.1° | 20.8° | 17.0° | 13.6° |
| Change | +0.9° | +1.9° | +2.1° | +2.1° | +3.1° | +4.4° | +4.7° | +4.6° | +2.9° | +2.0° | +2.6° | +1.3° |
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 Lemnos is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Istanbul
- from Bucharest
- from Naples
- from Budapest
- from Rome
- from Vienna
- from Kraków
- from Venice
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Lemnos, 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 Lemnos
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Viber.
It's an easy 15-minute walk from the new port to the town centre. Public transport is sparse. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Lemnos, 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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Lemnos in pictures
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What Lemnos is like
Lemnos (Greek: Λήμνος, Limnos) is an island in the Northern Aegean Islands of Greece. With an area of approximately 480 km², Lemnos is the ninth largest island in Greece. While the other two North Aegean islands of Thasos and Samothrace, are mountainous and forested, Lemnos is hilly and barren. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Sunsets are magnificent (especially under excellent visibility weather conditions), as those islands and Mt. Athos… More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Many festivals in accordance with the Greek calendar holidays take place each year. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Ferries change their routes monthly, there are at least 4-5 ships a week, usually departing from the ports of Lavrio, Piraeus (both serving Athens), Thessaloniki and Kavala. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Lemnos, 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 Lemnos
Also in Greece
- Ancient Olympia best May, Jun, Sep
- Athens best Mar, Apr, Jun
- Chios best May, Jun, Sep
- 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
- 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
Lemnos is in Greece, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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