If November had a personality, this year it would be that friend who shows up late, dressed for a party you did not invite them to, and insists everything is fine. Because on the very last day of the month, Crete decided to cancel winter entirely and deliver temperatures that felt suspiciously like early spring.
According to meteo.gr, the island strutted into the warm-weather leaderboard with 20–21°C, while Rhodes followed along like a supportive best friend wearing a light jacket “just in case”. Meanwhile, the rest of Greece tried to remember what season they were supposedly in.
The National Observatory of Athens even published a neat little table of the hottest spots, which at this point reads less like meteorology and more like a ranking of who refused to put the heating on. And honestly, good for them.
Cretans, naturally, took all of this in stride. Half of Heraklion was walking around in sweaters, the other half in T-shirts, and both groups silently judged each other. Someone on the bus opened a window. Someone else yelled to close it. A third person asked if it was actually December tomorrow or if the calendar also had a software malfunction.
Tourists still in Crete were confused but delighted:
“Look, Martha, we packed for winter, but this feels like Easter. Did we time-travel?”
“No, Harold, it’s climate.”
And somewhere near the sea, an old papou shrugged and said,
“Αυτά είναι… The weather knows its own mind.”
(Translation: It is what it is. The weather does what it wants.)
Here is the famous warm list from meteo.gr — Crete taking the number one spot like a diva refusing to leave the stage:
The conclusion?
Crete will probably start offering Spring in November as a tourism product. Package includes confused locals, T-shirts next to puffer jackets, and that one person in shorts because “ζέστη έχει”.
