Best time to visit Ioánnina

Ioánnina is a city of two halves. May scores 86 and January scores 38 — a 48-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. 5 of the twelve months sit within ten points of the best, so there is more than one right answer.

August is the warmest month at 32.7 °C and January the coolest at 9.3 °C — a 23.4 °C spread across the year. Around 67 days a year top 30 °C, concentrated in August and the months either side. 23 nights a year dip below freezing.

There is a real wet season here. January, February, March, November and December carry the rain — up to 13 wet days in a month — while July to August drop as low as 3. That 10-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Ioánnina, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 9.4 hours in winter to 15 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are May, June, September. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Ioánnina month by month