Best time to visit Mykonos

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All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Mykonos

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Go in Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct or Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 22C max, 2 rainy days. May is the next best.

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Things to do in Mykonos

Naxos Island Greek island in the Aegean Sea
Syros Greek island in the Cyclades
Paros Greek island, part of the Cyclades
Tinos Island in the Cyclades, Greece
The Windmills From as early as the 16th century…
Panagia Paraportiani Of all the churches on Mykonos, the most impressive is Panagia Paraportianí…
Agios Stefanos A well developed, sandy beach next to the new harbor.

Tours and tickets in Mykonos

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Mykonos), 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

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	14°	9d	69%	7.4h	ok	14C max, 9 rainy days
Feb	15°	5d	69%	8.7h	good	15C max, 5 rainy days
Mar	16°	4d	68%	9.9h	sweet spot	16C max, 4 rainy days
Apr	19°	3d	68%	11.1h	sweet spot	19C max, 3 rainy days
May	22°	2d	67%	12.5h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jun	27°	0d	65%	13.8h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	29°	0d	63%	13.7h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	28°	0d	66%	12.9h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Sep	26°	0d	66%	11.6h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Oct	22°	2d	70%	10.0h	sweet spot	22C max, 2 rainy days
Nov	19°	5d	72%	8.7h	sweet spot	19C max, 5 rainy days
Dec	16°	7d	71%	7.6h	good	16C max, 7 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Mykonos: 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

Busiest from May to September; quietest from October to April.

Then and now

Mykonos's July days now average 28.8°C, 3.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	12.9°	12.5°	13.8°	16.8°	19.5°	23.3°	25.2°	25.2°	23.6°	20.0°	16.3°	14.2°
2017–26	14.3°	14.6°	16.0°	18.8°	22.5°	26.7°	28.8°	28.4°	26.2°	22.4°	19.2°	16.1°
Change	+1.4°	+2.0°	+2.2°	+2.0°	+3.0°	+3.4°	+3.5°	+3.2°	+2.5°	+2.4°	+3.0°	+1.8°

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 Mykonos is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do 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. 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 Mykonos

KTEL Mykonos buses leave Mykonos Town from the Fabrika station for the airport and for beaches such as Ornos, Agios Ioannis, Platis Gialos, Paradise and Paranga, and from the Old Port for the New Port and Agios Stefanos. Pay the driver as you board, or buy tickets on KTEL Mykonos's own website.

Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Viber.

With a length of 12 to 15 km and a width of 10 km, Mykonos is one of the smallest of the Cyclades islands. On Mykonos you can get around by bus, taxi, car, scooter, ATV or boat. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Mykonos, 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.

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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Mykonos in pictures

Sunset of Mykonos — i

Roberto Faccenda, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Crossroads in Mykonos Town — i

Andreas Kakaris, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Stone Street in Mykonos Town — i

Andreas Kakaris, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Mykonos is like

Mykonos (Greek: Μύκονος) is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Cyclades group, situated in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Mykonos is located south of Tinos, east of Syros and north of Paros and Naxos. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Mykonos has a startling lack of Cycladic Bronze Age, Archaic and Classical archaeological sites for an island so crucially close to a cultural centre as historically important as Delos… More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Delos, a small uninhabited island close to Mykonos, is a UNESCO world heritage area known for its important archaeological sites. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: From the Greek mainland ferries and high speed catamaran services run daily from Piraeus and Rafina. The highspeeds take half the time but cost twice as much. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Mykonos is generally a safe island, with the only problem of dangerous and drunk driving. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Mykonos, 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 Mykonos

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Kind of place

Mykonos is in Greece, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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