Crete vs Italy

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

Modern wooden suite with horizontal slat cladding perched on rocky hillside overlooking sea, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation and blue flowers.

Crete and Italy, 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.

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By the numbers

Crete compared with Italy
Crete	Measure	Italy
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	13
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$64–$2113/night pp	Nightly rates	$61–$518/night pp (better)
5 of 16	Adults-only resorts	0 of 13
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	October–December
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hot, busy, and priced accordingly

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

Crete

Italy

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Crete and Italy
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crete · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
Italy · high °F	59	60	63	68	75	83	88	88	82	74	66	60
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
Italy · rain (in)	2.8	2.4	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	3.9	3.7	3.3

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