Greece vs Thailand

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

Woven cabana with turquoise daybed on white sand beach at Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket, with pool and palm trees beyond.

Greece and Thailand, 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 Thailand
Greece	Measure	Thailand
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
32	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$64–$2113/night pp	Nightly rates	$36–$247/night pp
7 of 32	Adults-only resorts	0 of 8
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February	Rainy season	May–October, wettest September–October
Late May–June and September–early October (July–August is hottest and busiest)	Sweet spot	November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December)
Greek (English widely spoken)	Language	Thai (English widely used in tourist areas)
Euro	Currency	Thai baht (THB); cards common, cash for markets
230V, European Type C/F plugs	Power	230V, Type A/B/C plugs (bring an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the left
~9–11h from the US, often via a hub	Flight time	~20–24h from the US with 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

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Greece and Thailand
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
Thailand · high °F	89	90	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
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
Thailand · rain (in)	1.4	1.2	2.3	4.3	13.5	8.7	10.2	10.5	15.5	12.1	7.1	3.0