Kos

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Why visit

Kos is a Greek island base for beaches, harbor walks, ancient sites, bikeable flats, and ferry links toward nearby Dodecanese islands. It works when the trip wants easier island logistics with history still close.

When to avoid

Summer cruise-ship crowds (Jul to Aug) overwhelm the small Old Town, especially when ferries from Bodrum dock simultaneously. Beach club music can blast late into the night around Tigaki and Kardamena. Kos has been one of the front-line Greek islands for refugee arrivals from Turkey since 2015, you may see camp infrastructure on the periphery, a sobering reminder of ongoing crisis. Many island restaurants and ferry routes shut November through March.

Plan Kos

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Kos

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Partly cloudy

32° / 26°

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Wed

Partly cloudy

33° / 26°

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Thu

Partly cloudy

32° / 25°

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Fri

Clear

31° / 25°

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Sat

Partly cloudy

33° / 26°

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Sun

Partly cloudy

36° / 28°

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Mon

Clear

35° / 27°

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Climate

Cool and wet season (Nov-Mar)

About 80% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 16°C, lows around 12°C.

Warmer dry season (Apr-Oct)

Typical highs around 27°C, lows around 20°C. About 21mm of rain a month.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

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Weather

32° / 24°

Typical high / low

0 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

13.6h

06:27 – 20:04local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest KGS · 21 km

About Kos

Kos or Cos is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089, making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese after Rhodes. The island measures 42.1 by 11.5 kilometres. Administratively, Kos constitutes a municipality within the Kos regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is the town of Kos.

Area: 67 km²

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