Many people asked me in the past; ‘how is the weather in Crete in October?’
My response to that question is;
PERFECT !
Perfect to play golf, perfect to make day trips, visit restaurant or see other beautiful things on the island. Maybe not so perfect If you are a beach person, and only come to the island to lay along the water line. Why not? Because there are chances of cloudy days and there for sure not perfect if you only come to relax.
Writing this in the middle of Augustus by a temperature of almost 40 degrees Celsius we are looking forward to the weather in Crete in October. A nice cold breeze that gives us some refreshments after the very warm summer months. Probably by then we already have done the rain dance. With this I mean that, when the first real rain drops come out, we are happy to enjoy the moisture of this first rain. So if it didn’t rain the whole of September you have the chance to experience this.
For some Greeks the winter has already started. They cannot stand the cold. So the decline in temperature makes them call October already Ximona, Greek for winter.
With an average of 5 to 8 days of rain, you have to be really unlucky to catch them all five. For sure you are going to enjoy a sunny stay during this month.
All west and North Europeans wonder why they live in these rainy countries and don’t live in a climate like on Crete. No concerns which clothes to wear and how many umbrellas to take. You for sure don’t have to check the weather every day. It’s ok and if not, the locals will tell you, because it’s so rear they let you know.
It’s wise to take a pullover or wind jacket with you if you still like to sit on the terraces of the taverns, but during the day it’s still Bermuda Shorts and T-shirt what you can wear.
Many restaurants start using their patio heaters. The long, mushroom like heaters that make it possible to sit along the seaside even in October. If you prefer to sit inside the staff of the tavern will for sure create a lovely place near the wood oven or maybe a fire place, which is lit mainly for decoration.
In the apartments the first blankets come out, during this month. If your room has air-conditioning you can use its heater function to have the eventually cold start of the evening out.
Because the weather in Crete in October is influenced by a higher humidity grate it can feel a bit colder than it really is. A couple of romantic candles will help you to keep your room or apartment less humid.
In the diagrams below you can read that the average water temperature is around 23 degree Celsius. The summer son has been warming the water for months and as water doesn’t give away its heat so fast in comparison with land, you feel amazingly relaxed in the Aegean and Cretan see.
GOLF wise: an excellent month to play the game of Golf. Of course the golf course is a bit dry, but we don’t call it a dessert course without a reason. The first rain drops have hardly any influence on the vegetation and the grass.
The days are getting shorter. Sunset on the first of this month is around 7.05 pm and at the end of the month even at 5.26 pm. So you can start earlier on your twilight round and enjoy still a full evening out with your friends and family.
I would like to thank Michalis, the bar man of the Island Hotel for helping me brainstorm for this Article. Getting your facts right is much easier if you work together with the locals. Thanks Michael.