Greece
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
1,399km²
Area
264km
Coastline
1,215m
Highest point
Atavyros
127,613
People
26°C
Warmest sea
August
20km
To the mainland
When to go to Rhodes
Best for the beach from June to September.
The sea is warmest in August (26 °C) and coolest in February (17 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to November.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Aegean sea, Greece
Rhodes is an island in Greece. It covers 1,399 km², with 264 km of coastline. Its highest point, Atavyros, rises to 1,215 m. About 127,613 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 20 km away.
Getting there
- Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (RHO)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at RHO airport (Rhodes)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesNikolaos day trip boat from Rhodes, Fethiye - Rhodes, Rhodes Express, Karpathos - Rhodes
- 20 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Rhodes.
- 133beachesSaint George, FKK Beach Unofficial, Lindos Beach and 130 more
- 122viewpointsStavros (Cross), Tsampika Mt., Lindos view and 119 more
- 5lighthousesAg. Nikolaos Lighthouse and 4 more
- 12ferry terminalsEsperides, Calypso Beach & Pegasos, Rhodes Town (Mandraki) and 9 more
- 15marinasMarina Mantraki, Plimmyri, Kolona Harbour and 12 more
- 118named peaksAttavyros, Akramitis, Place for sleep or camp in the watch tower and 115 more
- 8waterfallsKipolistis Waterfall and 7 more
- 45castles and fortsCastle of Kritinia, Festung von Asklipeio, Feraklos Castle and 42 more
- 75ruins and archaeological sitesHellenistic House, Ancient Theatre, Vroulia, ancient settlement and 72 more
- 3dive centresH2O, The Waterhoppers
- 2surf spotsPrasonisi Center, Wind4Fun
- 3waymarked walking routesAkramitis, Canyon von Siana, from Embonas to Attaviros
- 23campsitesCamp, Place for tents, Large area flat good for camp and 20 more
- 1,218hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 1,193restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Rhodes in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Rhodes, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
19mountainsPeakyas
1lakeLakeyas
Highest point
1,215m
prominence 1,215 m · according to Peakyas
Largest lake
0.44km²
Apolakkia lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
29.9°C
Apolakkia lake
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
27.1°C
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
19 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Atavyrosprominence 1,215 m1,215m
- Akramitis825m
- Profitis Ilias (Rhodes)798m
- Profitis Ilias (Arhangelos)512m
- Marmari, Rhodes459m
- Zata, Rhodes359m
- Psalidi Mountain337m
- Filerimos267m
11 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Apolakkia lake0.44km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 195 m above the sea. 60 % of it is below 200 m.
- 16 %0–50 m
- 43 %50–200 m
- 36 %200–500 m
- 4 %500–1,000 m
- <1 %1,000–2,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Rhodes56,128 people
- Ialysós12,717 people
- Archángelos7,786 people
- Faliraki6,000 people
- Afántou5,562 people
- Koskinoù4,948 people
- Kremastí4,700 people
- Líndos4,496 people
- Paradeísi2,623 people
- Maritsá1,841 people
- Lárdos1,348 people
- Soroní1,265 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 17 |
| Night low (°C) | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 14 |
| Sea (°C) | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 19 |
| Rain (mm) | 144 | 96 | 52 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 49 | 80 | 144 |
| Wet days | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 4.8 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| Wind (km/h) | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.8 | −0.3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +1.4 | +2.0 |
| 2021 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.9 | −0.2 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.1 | −0.8 | +0.1 | +1.4 |
| 2023 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.3 | −0.1 | −0.1 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +1.9 | +2.3 | +2.4 | +1.8 |
| 2024 | +2.1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +0.6 | +1.4 | +2.2 | +1.9 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.3 |
| 2025 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +1.4 | +1.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q43048) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
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