Kos vs Rhodes

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

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

Kos and Rhodes, 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

Kos compared with Rhodes
Kos	Measure	Rhodes
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
2	Resorts in our catalog	9 (better)
★ 4.8 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$177–$857/night pp	Nightly rates	$79–$328/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	2 of 9
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–March	Rainy season	November–February
June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest
Kos (KGS), in the centre of the island; most resorts are 10–30 min away	Airport	Rhodes Diagoras (RHO), most resorts 20–60 min down the east coast
South (Kardamena, Kefalos) for shelter; north (Tigaki, Marmari) for wind and kites	The coast	East for sand and calm: Faliraki, Kolymbia, Lindos, Kiotari, Lardos
A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey	Best for	Value big-resort beaches, a medieval city, reliable sun
May–October; June and September are the sweet spots	Season	May–October; June and September are the sweet spots
None tropical; the meltemi wind July–August, strongest on the north coast	Weather risk	None tropical; dry summers with the meltemi wind

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

Kos

Rhodes

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kos and Rhodes
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
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
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1