Climate averages 1991–2020
Irákleion weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Irákleion: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Glyfáda (308 km away). In August its highs average 32.6°C, 1.7°C warmer than Irákleion, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Irákleion ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 31.7°C; Irákleion is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.1 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Irákleion climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 68 | 12.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 54 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 36 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 31 | 4.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.9 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 6.1 | 0.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 38 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Glyfáda in AugustGreece · 308 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Piraeus in AugustGreece · 320 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Athens in AugustGreece · 321 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Khalándrion in AugustGreece · 323 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Acharnés in AugustGreece · 331 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Muğla in AugustTurkey · 357 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Darnah in AugustLibya · 367 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Aydın in AugustTurkey · 369 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Irákleion) is explained once on the Irákleion year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.