The climate of Crete

The climate of Crete is temperate Mediterranean.

Winter is mild, with snow on the mountains and plenty of rain in the plains but still a good deal of sunshine.
The combination of rain and relative warmth make it one of the greenest places in the Mediterranean basin, especially in spring.
The summers are hot and dry, particularly on the shores of the Libyan Sea (South coast of Crete ). Being a mountainous island the weather changes can be sudden and it is often windy (anything from a light breeze to gale winds).