Crete vs Portugal

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

Resort pool with loungers and umbrellas flanked by white buildings, ocean and coastline visible beyond.

Crete and Portugal, 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 Portugal
Crete	Measure	Portugal
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
18 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	16
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$45–$2113/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$47–$333/night pp
5 of 18	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	November–March
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)

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

Portugal

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Crete and Portugal
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
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
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
Portugal · rain (in)	3.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.6	3.3	3.9

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