Greece vs Portugal

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

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

Greece 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.

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By the numbers

Greece compared with Portugal
Greece	Measure	Portugal
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
32	Resorts in our catalog	15
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$64–$2113/night pp	Nightly rates	$65–$333/night pp
7 of 32	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	November–March
Late May–June and September–early October (July–August is hottest and busiest)	Sweet spot	June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)
Greek (English widely spoken)	Language	Portuguese (English widely spoken in the Algarve)
Euro	Currency	Euro (EUR) – cards widely accepted
230V, European Type C/F plugs	Power	230V, Type C/F plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the right
~9–11h from the US, often via a hub	Flight time	~7–9h from the US East Coast (often 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

Portugal

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Greece and Portugal
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
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
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
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