The Seasons

Spring is an ideal time to explore Alonissos. The weather is
perfect for exploring the walking trails. The light is perfect for painters too.

March is carnival time and there’s plenty of gardening, socialising and painting to get everything ready for Easter.
In April and May the hillsides are alive with glorious Spring colour. May and June are deliciously warm – warm enough to swim in the sea. The nights are balmy and perfect for sitting outside enjoying a late night ouzo.

July is still fairly quiet but getting quite hot. The beaches are uncrowded and all the beach tavernas are open. August is the main month for tourists, but Alonissos never gets too crowded or unpleasant.

September is the season for tuna and swordfish fishing. Towards the end of the month the weather starts to get cooler. But even in October it’s usually possible to swim every day.

November and December are cooler still but warm and sunny days are fairly frequent. More importantly, we don’t seem to have the long grey drizzly days which we have in England. If the weather decides to rain, then it really rains but afterwards the sun comes out!

January and February are usually the worst months. But even that only means jeans and sweatshirts during the day. The evenings can be spent sat around a blazing fire in one of the tavernas.

It should be mentioned that we can have snow, especially on the higher ground. You can go skiing for a long weekend to the Pelion area, the mountains just behind Volos, on the mainland. It’s just a half-hour drive from Volos, but very high up it can seem like a different world.