Costa del Sol vs Crete

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

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

Costa del Sol 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

Costa del Sol compared with Crete
Costa del Sol	Measure	Crete
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
6	Resorts in our catalog	18 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$67–$526/night pp	Nightly rates	$45–$2113/night pp (better)
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	5 of 18
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–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
Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda	Best for	Food-driven beach trips, history day trips, long seasons
May–October; July and August are hottest and busiest	Season	May–October; June and September are the sweet spots
None tropical; dry Mediterranean summers	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

Costa del Sol

Crete

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Crete
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Crete · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9
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 Málaga and Crete (north coast): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.