What's on in Milos, Greece through the year

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Christmas holidays in Greece

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Peak crowds — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) in Greece

• Holiday

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook early

  Greeks come home for it and the island effectively opens for the year the same weekend. The Friday epitaphios procession through Plaka is the one to be there for. Source ↗

• Opening

  Boats and rooms open

  15 Apr – 20 May · usuallySummer season opens

  The Kleftiko boat trips, the hire-car offices and most tavernas start up between Easter and mid-May, and the Piraeus ferry timetable thickens with them. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Orthodox Easter (10–13 Apr), Boats and rooms open (15 Apr – 20 May (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Greece, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 15 Oct · usually

  The Aegean here holds its heat into October, and the volcanic coves on the south coast are sheltered enough to swim on days the north side is unusable.

Busy — Summer holidays in Greece, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  The meltemi

  1 Jul – 31 Aug · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  The dry north wind can blow for three or four days without a break in high summer. That is when the Kleftiko boats turn back, Sarakiniko is unpleasant and the Kimolos crossing stops.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Greek August, Summer holidays in Greece

• Holiday

  Greek August

  1–25 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Domestic holidays and the 15 August feast fall together, and Milos has a small room stock to absorb them. Ferries out of Piraeus and the good rooms both go months ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), The meltemi (1 Jul – 31 Aug (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Greece, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Closure

  Out of season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar

  Milos still mines bentonite and perlite, so winter here is a working island rather than a shut one, but the boat trips and most rooms close and the ferry drops to a few sailings a week. Source ↗

Busy — Christmas holidays in Greece, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)