Rhodes climate

Rhodes is one of the most visited islands in Greece it has many hotels and a very active nightlife, with over 3,000 hours of sunshine a year on the sunniest regions in Europe. From mid-May to mid-September rain is hardly to be expected. The water supply is sufficient, thanks to the limestone mountains all secured. Among other things, the neighbouring islands of Simi and Halki deliveries by ship mitversorgt. During the months of July and August, temperatures up to 40 ° C is not only in the Inland not uncommon. The sea breeze cools, however, on the west coast of the temperatures to around 28 to 32 ° C, on the east coast are mostly 35 to 40 ° C is expected. The relatively low humidity makes the heat bearable. At night, temperatures drop to 23 to 30 ° C. The water temperature in August reached about 27 ° C. Swimming can do it in November. The coolest time in the months of January and February. Daytime temperatures will lie between 12 and 18 ° C at night from 8 to 12 ° C. Frost can virtually be excluded, although on the Attaviros (1,215 m), the highest mountain in Rhodes, sometimes even snow can be reported. The deepest water temperatures are at the end of February or beginning of March with 16 to 17 ° C.

Climate table Rhodes (Airport Station)

Months JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR
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Daily temperature ° C 15 15 17 20 24 28 31 31 28 25 20 17 22.6
Night temperature ° C 9 9 10 13 16 19 22 23 20 17 13 10 15.1
Sunshine hours per day 5 5 7 9 10 12 13 12 11 8 6 4 8.5
Rainy days 12 10 8 3 2 1 1 0 1 6 9 11 64
Water temperature ° C 17 16 16 17 19 22 24 25 25 23 21 19 20

Patmos sailing

Patmos is for each Aegean sailors a “must see”!
The island is located a few miles from the-Ikaria and Samos in nw-part of the Dodecanese, which is of Samos on Kos, Rhodes to Kastellorizon entirely in the South East before the Turkish coast. Patmos is a very important religious site, and one of the most sacred sites of the Orthodox faith. John has visions of the apocalypse. A more complete description of the historical background religlösen found on Wikipedia PatmosPatmos is geschützes World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The control of Patmos port is simple, you need only to a constantly expiring and fishing boats, yachts and ferries to follow. Apart from the very remotest part of the harbor bay, where it is very flat (but since nobody goes out ohehin), the bay is deep and pure.

Creating the next front is the daily ferry boats. Yachts set a little further on the back of approximately 300m long yacht rk investors. The water depth is 3-5m, not a little to thresh and it is very quiet here (if the Nachbarlieger not an anchor rauszieht). In the summer lively yacht operation, and it is recommended, according to Nachbarliegersituation, maybe you wait until all others have folded, and then a trip to the upper town and the monastery to! There are half verkehrende buses and about 5 € for a taxi. On foot it takes about 1 hour uphill, downhill about 45 minutes through some nicely shaded paths, but holprige paths, so that man in sandals have a little difficulty. At the top is a beautiful old town, including the Greek monastery, which is appropriate clothing can be viewed. Some taverns offer views and greek food.

Assuming then empfehlenswerterweise the old way down to the village to get to the Cave of the Apocalypse over, which is also open for tours. An Orthodox high holidays should refrain from both tours, it is simply impossible hininzukommen.

Re at the bottom of the harbour village, there are cafes, taverns, some small Lädchen, but also an electrician, and other craftsmen, as these and their stock. Several Internet cafes are available in a very tasty ice-cream shop in the back road behind the cafe space.
Ferries in all directions, but fortunately no airport.

The island has a variety of really beautiful bays, to all the seasons almost lonely, or at least very little visited. The yacht can be here every day another bay discover! If you want to spend some days in the island of Patmos the best Patmos hotels located in Skala, in Chora and in other places of the island