Corfu vs Kos

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

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

Corfu and Kos, 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 Kos
Corfu	Measure	Kos
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
4 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	2
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
$205–$583/night pp	Nightly rates	$177–$857/night pp (better)
0 of 4	Adults-only resorts	0 of 2
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–March	Rainy season	November–March
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest
Corfu (CFU), beside the town; the east-coast resorts are 20–40 min away	Airport	Kos (KGS), in the centre of the island; most resorts are 10–30 min away
East, facing the mainland: calm bays north and south of Corfu Town	The coast	South (Kardamena, Kefalos) for shelter; north (Tigaki, Marmari) for wind and kites
Luxury all-inclusives, scenery, an old town worth an evening, calm water	Best for	A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey
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; the meltemi wind July–August, strongest on the north coast

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

Kos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Corfu and Kos
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
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
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
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8

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