Italy vs Kos

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

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

Italy and Kos, 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

Italy compared with Kos
Italy	Measure	Kos
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
12 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	2
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
$79–$518/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$177–$857/night pp
0 of 12	Adults-only resorts	0 of 2
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–December	Rainy season	November–March
June and September; July–August is hot, busy, and priced accordingly	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest

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

Italy

Kos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Italy and Kos
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Italy · high °F	59	60	63	68	75	83	88	88	82	74	66	60
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
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
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8