The general weather across Greece follows a typical Mediterranean climate pattern with warm, dry summers
and mild rainy winters. Greece receives a lot of sunshine, for which it is rightly famous, and prolonged stretches
of rainy weather are uncommon. The Greek Islands (Crete, Zante, Mykonos, Corfu, Santorini, Rhodes) are what most holidaymakers come for. The weather is generally beautiful with cloudless blue skies, especially in summer. Summer in the islands begins in May with daily highs in the mid-20s. By June and July the daytime temperature is often in the 30s. July and August are the peak summer months, and temperature will rarely drop below 20°C