Crete vs Kenya

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

Large resort pool with blue loungers, thatched-roof structures, and palm trees lining the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa grounds.

Crete and Kenya, 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

Crete compared with Kenya
Crete	Measure	Kenya
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
18 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	16
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$45–$2113/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$75–$274/night pp
5 of 18	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	Long rains April–May, short rains October–November
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)

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

Kenya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Crete and Kenya
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
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
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
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4

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