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Best time to visit Nafplio
Greece · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Nafplio
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- JanJNafplio in January: ok
- FebFNafplio in February: good
- MarMNafplio in March: sweet spot
- AprANafplio in April: sweet spot
- MayMNafplio in May: sweet spot
- JunJNafplio in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJNafplio in July: avoid
- AugANafplio in August: avoid
- SepSNafplio in September: good, busy
- OctONafplio in October: good, busy
- NovNNafplio in November: sweet spot
- DecDNafplio in December: good
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Nafplio
- Tiryns Really wonderful walled Mycenean palace about 4 km from town.
- Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus Ancient Greek theatre
- Treasury of Atreus "tholos" tomb located on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, that dates ca.1250 BC
- Arkadiko Bridge The oldest preserved bridge in Europe, dated to the Greek Bronze Age.
- Nemea Ancient sanctuary of Zeus in Corinthia, Greece
- Lerna Archaeological site in Argolis, Greece
Tours and tickets in Nafplio
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Nafplio), 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 | 14° | 5d | 70% | 7.6h | ok | 14C max, 5 rainy days |
| Feb | 15° | 5d | 69% | 8.5h | good | 15C max, 5 rainy days |
| Mar | 17° | 5d | 64% | 9.6h | sweet spot | 17C max, 5 rainy days |
| Apr | 21° | 4d | 60% | 11.0h | sweet spot | 21C max, 4 rainy days |
| May | 26° | 3d | 55% | 12.0h | sweet spot | 26C max, 3 rainy days |
| Jun | 32° | 1d | 49% | 13.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 35° | 0d | 42% | 13.5h | avoid | extreme heat: 18 days over 35C |
| Aug | 35° | 0d | 43% | 12.9h | avoid | extreme heat: 14 days over 35C |
| Sep | 30° | 2d | 54% | 11.2h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 24° | 2d | 64% | 9.8h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 20° | 4d | 70% | 8.2h | sweet spot | 20C max, 4 rainy days |
| Dec | 16° | 6d | 73% | 7.4h | good | 16C max, 6 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the old 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
Nafplio's November days now average 19.9°C, 3.3°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 12.1° | 12.6° | 15.5° | 20.9° | 25.8° | 31.3° | 33.2° | 32.5° | 29.5° | 22.7° | 16.6° | 13.7° |
| 2017–26 | 14.0° | 15.1° | 17.5° | 21.1° | 25.6° | 31.6° | 35.3° | 34.8° | 29.9° | 24.4° | 19.9° | 15.9° |
| Change | +1.9° | +2.6° | +2.0° | +0.1° | -0.3° | +0.3° | +2.0° | +2.3° | +0.4° | +1.7° | +3.3° | +2.2° |
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
Fly into Spata-Artemida (ATH), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Spata-Artemida.
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Nafplio is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Istanbul
- from Bucharest
- from Naples
- from Rome
- from Cairo
- from Budapest
- from Bologna
- from Venice
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Nafplio, 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 Nafplio
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Viber.
All the major sights are within the old town and can easily be covered by walking. The municipality is providing free bicycles for a day, just in front of the Town Hall, by the KTEL bus station. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Nafplio, 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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- oasa.gr/en/passenger-service/tools/ath-ena-card-app
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Athens
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Greece
- free-now.com/gr-en
- uber.com/global/en/cities/athens
- uber.com/gr/en/ride
- bolt.eu/en/cities/athens
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber
- linkmobility.com/blog/the-most-popular-messaging-apps-across-the-globe
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
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- mykonosbus.com/bus-timetables
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Nafplio in pictures
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What Nafplio is like
Nafplio (or Nafplion, Nauplio, Nauplia or Nafplia) is a small town in Peloponnese (Greece). A romantic downtown with cozy streets, a great place to stay for radial travelling around Peloponnese. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- At a first glance, Nafplio looks like an Italian city because of its architecture and the colourful houses. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Strolling in the old city of Nafplio One of the best characteristics of Nafplio is that everything in the Old Town is within walking distance. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- From Athens the trip is 1½-2 hours by car (147 km). Follow the signs to the harbour where you'll find a large parking area which is free of charge (as of July 2022). More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- There is almost zero violence or mobbing in the city, except the occasional pick pocket when you relax too much under the sun. Nights are safe, you can walk around at all times with no danger. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Nafplio, 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 Nafplio
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- 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
- 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
Nafplio is in Greece, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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