Greece vs Italy

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

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

Greece 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

Greece compared with Italy
Greece	Measure	Italy
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
32	Resorts in our catalog	13
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$64–$2113/night pp	Nightly rates	$61–$518/night pp
7 of 32	Adults-only resorts	0 of 13
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	October–December
Late May–June and September–early October (July–August is hottest and busiest)	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hot, busy, and priced accordingly
Greek (English widely spoken)	Language	Italian (English common in tourist areas)
Euro	Currency	Euro (EUR) – cards widely accepted
230V, European Type C/F plugs	Power	230V, Type C/F/L plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the right
~9–11h from the US, often via a hub	Flight time	~9–11h from the US East Coast (usually one stop)

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

On the map

Greece

Italy

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Greece and Italy
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Greece · 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
Greece · 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