Mild in Mar
20°C average high
avg high · 9° at night
25°C+ on 1 in 10 days
Greece
Crete weather in March
Is it warm? Not really. March in Crete is cool: afternoons average 18°C and nights 10°C. Most days (80%) peak between 14°C and 22°C.
Cool · average high
18°C
25°C or more on fewer than one day in ten; 20°C or more on about two in ten days.
- Average low10°overnight
- Sea17°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days662 mm in the month
- SkyOften cloudy48% cloud · 27% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every March afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 14° and 22°.
March, year by year
The average March high in each year. The warmest, 2025, averaged 21°C; the coolest, 2022, 14°C.
Compared with home
Average March highs. Expect rain on about 6 days (62 mm in a typical month).
- Crete18°
- London11°
- Cork10°
- Dublin10°
- Manchester10°
- Belfast9°
- Glasgow9°
Warmer in March, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Crete is about 4h 15m.
Mild in Mar
23°C average high
avg high · 8° at night
25°C+ on 3 in 10 days
Cool in Mar
19°C average high
avg high · 14° at night
25°C+ on rarely
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology