What's on in Skiathos, 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 WeekCrowded

  Greek families come over from Volos and the mainland, and the island opens for the year the same weekend. Lamb on spits in the harbour on the Sunday. Source ↗

• Opening

  Rooms and boats open up

  20 Apr – 31 May · usuallySummer season opens

  Hotels, the Koukounaries beach bars and the caiques round to Lalaria all restart through May, as do the charter flights that make up most of the island's arrivals. 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), Rooms and boats open up (20 Apr – 31 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 – 5 Oct · usually

  Sheltered Aegean water inside the Sporades, warm from June to early October. The pine-backed south-coast bays swim on days when the exposed north side is closed out.

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Summer holidays in Greece

• Season

  The meltemi

  1 Jul – 31 Aug · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  Weaker here than in the Cyclades but strong enough to stop the boat trips to Skopelos and to bend the landing approach into the airport, which is why people stand at the end of the runway to watch it.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 5 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, on an island whose beaches are reached by one road and one bus. Koukounaries is full by ten and the bus runs standing room only. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 5 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 – 5 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 – 5 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

  The charter flights stop, the beach tavernas close and the island falls back to a few thousand residents around the old harbour. Ferries to Volos keep running all winter. Source ↗

• Festival

  Panagia Eikonistria

  20–22 NovMajor festival

  The island's patronal feast on 21 November, with the icon carried up to the Evangelistria monastery. An entirely local day, in a month when almost no visitors are here. 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)