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Best time to visit Patmos
Greece · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Patmos
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- JanJPatmos in January: ok
- FebFPatmos in February: good
- MarMPatmos in March: sweet spot
- AprAPatmos in April: sweet spot
- MayMPatmos in May: good, busy
- JunJPatmos in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJPatmos in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAPatmos in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSPatmos in September: good, busy
- OctOPatmos in October: sweet spot
- NovNPatmos in November: sweet spot
- DecDPatmos in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15° | 13d | 69% | 7.7h | ok | 15C max, 13 rainy days |
| Feb | 15° | 8d | 70% | 9.1h | good | 15C max, 8 rainy days |
| Mar | 16° | 6d | 71% | 10.0h | sweet spot | 16C max, 6 rainy days |
| Apr | 17° | 3d | 75% | 11.1h | sweet spot | 17C max, 3 rainy days |
| May | 20° | 2d | 79% | 12.8h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 24° | 1d | 77% | 13.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 26° | 0d | 75% | 13.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 26° | 0d | 77% | 12.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 24° | 1d | 75% | 11.8h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 22° | 2d | 74% | 10.1h | sweet spot | 22C max, 2 rainy days |
| Nov | 19° | 7d | 72% | 8.7h | sweet spot | 19C max, 7 rainy days |
| Dec | 17° | 12d | 70% | 7.8h | ok | 17C max, 12 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Skala, the port: 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
Patmos's November days now average 19.3°C, 2.3°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 | 13.8° | 13.2° | 14.2° | 16.6° | 19.2° | 22.7° | 24.7° | 24.8° | 23.4° | 20.4° | 17.0° | 15.2° |
| 2017–26 | 14.9° | 14.6° | 15.5° | 17.4° | 20.1° | 23.9° | 25.8° | 26.2° | 24.5° | 21.6° | 19.3° | 16.7° |
| Change | +1.1° | +1.4° | +1.3° | +0.8° | +0.8° | +1.2° | +1.1° | +1.4° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +2.3° | +1.5° |
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 LRS, then drive. The flights under Where to book are to LRS.
| LRS | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Samos Island (SMI) | the drive is not measured yet |
| Kos Island (KGS) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Patmos is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Patmos, 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 Patmos
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Viber.
Hire cars, bikes, mopeds, taxis are all available for hire in Skala. There's an about hourly bus service between the Skala harbour and Chora, where the monastery is. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Patmos, 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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Patmos in pictures
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What Patmos is like
Patmos (Greek: Πάτμος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, one of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- There is no airport. By Blue Star Ferries boat from Piraeus – if flying into Athens. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Patmos is a very safe island. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Patmos, 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 Patmos
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
- 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
- Nafplio best Mar, Apr, May
- Naxos best Apr, Jun, Jul
- Paros best Apr, Jun, 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
Patmos is in Greece, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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