Corfu vs Crete

Aerial view of Ikos Dassia beach club with curved blue pool, white cabanas, sandy beach, and turquoise sea.

Outdoor dining area with white sail shade canopies over wicker chairs and tables, black support columns, and sea views beyond.

Corfu and Crete, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Corfu compared with Crete
Corfu	Measure	Crete
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
4	Resorts in our catalog	18 (better)
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$205–$583/night pp	Nightly rates	$45–$2113/night pp (better)
0 of 4	Adults-only resorts	5 of 18
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–March	Rainy season	November–February
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest
Luxury all-inclusives, scenery, an old town worth an evening, calm water	Best for	Food-driven beach trips, history day trips, long seasons
May–October; June and September are the sweet spots	Season	May–October; June and September are the sweet spots
None tropical; the wettest Greek island, but the rain falls October–March	Weather risk	None tropical; dry Mediterranean summers

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Corfu

Crete

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Corfu and Crete
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Corfu · high °F	57	58	61	67	75	83	88	88	82	74	65	59
Crete · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
Corfu · rain (in)	5.5	4.6	3.5	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.7	5.3	7.4	7.0
Crete · rain (in)	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	3.0

Approximate climate normals for Corfu (east coast) and Crete (north coast): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.