Greece

Milos

The volcanic island the couples-in-the-know pick: lunar white rocks at Sarakiniko, fishing hamlets with boathouse doors painted like sweets, and seventy beaches to hunt down by quad bike or boat.

  • Best forRomantic
  • Approx. flying time~14h from Los Angeles
  • Nearest airportMilos Island (MLO)

Milos, Greece
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About this place

Milos does Santorini's colours without Santorini's queues. Stay in Plaka for alley-and-bougainvillea evenings, and charter a small boat around Kleftiko's pirate coves for the day.

Featured in Ten grown-up escapes for a proper romantic reset

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 14°C in January to 27°C in August. Driest April and June to August; wettest in December, with rain on about 12 days.

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August27° · rain 1 dayWarm and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — May to October.

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