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Best time to visit Lesbos
Greece · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Lesbos
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- JanJLesbos in January: ok
- FebFLesbos in February: ok
- MarMLesbos in March: good
- AprALesbos in April: sweet spot
- MayMLesbos in May: sweet spot
- JunJLesbos in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJLesbos in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugALesbos in August: good, busy
- SepSLesbos in September: sweet spot
- OctOLesbos in October: sweet spot
- NovNLesbos in November: good
- DecDLesbos in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Month by month
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12° | 12d | 75% | 6.9h | ok | 12C max, 12 rainy days |
| Feb | 13° | 8d | 74% | 8.2h | ok | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| Mar | 15° | 8d | 71% | 9.6h | good | 15C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 19° | 6d | 69% | 11.0h | sweet spot | 19C max, 6 rainy days |
| May | 24° | 3d | 67% | 12.6h | sweet spot | 24C max, 3 rainy days |
| Jun | 29° | 2d | 59% | 13.7h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 32° | 0d | 52% | 13.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 32° | 0d | 56% | 13.0h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 28° | 1d | 61% | 11.6h | sweet spot | 28C max, 1 rainy day |
| Oct | 22° | 4d | 71% | 9.8h | sweet spot | 22C max, 4 rainy days |
| Nov | 18° | 8d | 75% | 8.1h | good | 18C max, 8 rainy days |
| Dec | 14° | 10d | 78% | 6.9h | ok | 14C max, 10 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Mytilene, 7 km from the airport (MJT): 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
Lesbos's July days now average 32.3°C, 2.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 9 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 11.6° | 11.4° | 13.8° | 17.9° | 22.1° | 26.5° | 29.4° | 29.2° | 26.3° | 20.8° | 15.5° | 13.1° |
| 2017–26 | 12.2° | 13.0° | 15.2° | 19.1° | 23.7° | 29.2° | 32.3° | 32.1° | 28.0° | 22.4° | 18.2° | 14.2° |
| Change | +0.6° | +1.5° | +1.4° | +1.1° | +1.6° | +2.7° | +2.9° | +2.8° | +1.7° | +1.6° | +2.7° | +1.2° |
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 Lesbos is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Lesbos, 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 Lesbos
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Viber.
Local buses run on the island to the bigger villages on the island. You can buy tickets in the bus. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Lesvos, 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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Lesbos in pictures
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Bouke ten Cate, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Tomhannen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Tedmek, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bouke ten Cate, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Otemiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Lesbos is like
Lesbos (Λέσβος), or Lesvos, is the northernmost of the East Aegean Islands of Greece, projecting out of the Asia Minor mainland. It is a birthplace of numerous poets and writers since the Greek antiquity. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The big beach of Vatera at the south part of the island. The medieval (Genovese) castle at Mytilene. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- See the small village of Pyrgi Thermis on the east side of the island. Very friendly people, Small beach, war ruins near the beach. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- The island is served by Odysseas Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) airport, named after the 20th century poet, and located in the far South-East of the island, around 8 km South of Mytilene. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Never take photos of military compounds/bases. Lesvos is one of several Greek islands struggling with the arrival of thousands of refugees from nearby Turkey. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Lesvos, 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 Lesbos
Also in Greece
- Athens best Apr, May, Jun
- Corfu best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Crete best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Mykonos best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Rhodes best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Santorini best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Thessaloniki best May, Jun, Oct
Nearby
Kind of place
Lesbos is in Greece, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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