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The climate of Santorini (Greece)
Santorini also known as Thera is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea and part of the Cycladic islands. Santorini was formed by a volcanic eruption and consists of six islands: Thira, Thirasia, Aspronisi, Paléa Kaméni, Néa Kaméni and Christiani. The capital of this archipelago is Fira which is located on the main island of Thira. The most popular beaches are: Perissa, Perivolos and Kamari. Santorini has a warm Mediterranean climate influenced by the Aegean Sea. Summers are warm and dry. Rainfall is scarce during this period. Winters are much colder which makes this island unsuitable as a winter sun destination. During autumn, winter and spring much rainfall can be expected. This makes the island very green . During the hottest days of the year a sea breeze offers some cooling.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for the entire island of  Santorini.
Please, note that local deviations may occur

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	14	9	4	12		16
February	14	9	5	10		15
March	16	10	6	8		15
April	19	12	8	6		16
May	22	15	10	3		18
June	27	19	13	1		21
July	29	22	13	0		23
August	28	22	12	1		24
September	25	20	10	2		23
October	22	16	7	6		21
November	19	13	5	7		19
December	16	11	4	12		17
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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