Weather in Zakynthos??

minifan

Hi All

Has anyone been to Zakynthos, Greece in October? Considering booking a 2 week holiday from 8th October but wondering if it is still warm then.

Cheers

Minifan

cundall

Been there in Oct it was along time ago though and as far as i remembered it rained alot...

Check out:
http://www.zakynthos.ws/zakynthos.weather.php
http://www.zante-greece.gr/zante.weather.php
http://www.greeka.com/ionian/zakynthos/zakynthos-weather.htm
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=3&threadid=199078&stamp=060806175130

Quote from the mumsnet forum
"Elliot I live in Greece and the last week in October is usually the first time I have to start wearing tights again rather than going bare legged IYSWIM Also warmer jumpers etc. Its a time of the year that can be very warm still or rainy and chilly.

I wouldn't particularly recommend Zakynthos at that time of the year as being on the west coast it is liable to rain more than other parts. Also i think much of the tourist 'stuff'will be closed. If you are still interested I can get dh to contact some work colleagues there and ask them?

However I think Crete right down in the south of the aegean would be a better bet. The end of october is towards the end of the season there but as far as I know they do still have tourists then. HTH "

LondonCanuck

Check http://www.wunderground.com
You can even search historical weather on this site so go back and check what Oct was like the past few years...

ALWAYS_POOR

In my experience the weather on the Greek Islands is only really reliably dry and hot from just before the middle of June until, say, the third week of September. Outside of these dates I have experienced some rain and chilly nights.

Go to Cyprus it's still hot and mostly dry in October.

1sttimer_2

cundall wrote:

However I think Crete right down in the south of the aegean would be a better bet. The end of october is towards the end of the season there but as far as I know they do still have tourists then. HTH "

We went to Crete last October 13-27 Oct to Stalis and the weather was great, you may need a cardi/light jacket in the evening but other than that it was hot enought for us. It was the last 2 weeks of the season so not a lot of tourists, although our second week coincided with schools 1/2 term. The restaurants were gradually closing down but there were still enough to choose from. We don't do discos or anything so we were still able enjoy ourselves by eating out each evening. We plan to go again this year 1 week earlier to perhaps a different location but still in Greece somewhere.

ibelongtoguy

try

www.justzante.com