Mykonos nightlife: beach clubs, Chora and what a night really costs
Mykonos is the most expensive island in Greece and makes no secret of it. People come for sunsets over a DJ booth and beach clubs that charge for a sunbed what a hotel night costs elsewhere. What follows is not here to talk you out of it, but so you know what the bill looks like before you book.
The two Mykonos
There is the island of beach clubs in the south, and the night in Chora, the town. They are not alike and do not cost the same. The south is a day that tips into an evening: you arrive at noon, the music builds through late afternoon, and the peak is at sunset. Chora is the conventional night, in a maze of white lanes, from midnight. Most groups do both, in that order, on the same day.
Paradise and Super Paradise, the originals
These are the two beaches that built the island's name. Paradise Beach holds the younger, more accessible format, with parties starting in the afternoon and running to the end of the night. Super Paradise next door plays a more mixed and later hand. Both are about twenty minutes from Chora by bus or water taxi, and the trip is part of the experience.
Nammos and Scorpios, the other price bracket
This needs saying plainly. At Nammos, on Psarou, a front-row sunbed is negotiated in the hundreds of euros, and a table runs into the thousands. Scorpios, at Paraga, is more music-led and more restrained, with the sunset sets that made its name, but stays very expensive. These are not clubs in the sense used elsewhere: they are beach restaurants where minimum spend shapes everything.
The real budget
Here are the orders of magnitude. A cocktail in a southern beach club: fifteen to twenty-five euros. A sunbed: from thirty euros on an ordinary beach to several hundred at the most sought-after addresses. Entry to a Chora club: twenty to fifty euros depending on the night and the name playing. A full night in Mykonos easily costs triple a night in Malta, and five times a night in Albania.
Getting around, the line people forget
Mykonos has no night transport network worth the name. Buses link Chora to the main beaches during the day and into early night, then stop. Taxis are famously few on the island, and prices climb accordingly when the beach clubs empty. Renting a quad or scooter is the local norm, but obviously does not combine with a night out.
When to go, and when not to
The season runs May to October. July and August are the absolute peak: everything open, everything full, everything at top price. June and September give the same weather for noticeably less, with beach clubs already or still in full swing. The meltemi, the north wind, blows mainly in July and August and can make some beaches uncomfortable for days at a time.
What people ask us
Where do you go out in Mykonos?+
In the southern beach clubs during the day and at sunset, Paradise and Super Paradise first among them, then in Chora after midnight for the conventional night.
How much is a night out in Mykonos?+
A cocktail is fifteen to twenty-five euros, club entry twenty to fifty. A full night easily costs triple a night in Malta.
How much is a sunbed in Mykonos?+
From thirty euros on an ordinary beach to several hundred in the front row at the most sought-after addresses, where a table runs into the thousands.
How do you get around Mykonos at night?+
With difficulty. Buses stop in the early night and taxis are famously few on the island, which pushes prices up when the beach clubs empty. Budget for it.
When is the best time for Mykonos?+
June and September: the same weather as August, noticeably lower prices, and beach clubs in full swing. July and August are the peak for both crowds and rates.
In the meantime, it happens here
Ticketing opens on Mykonos for the 2027 season. Until then this article stays current, and the destinations already open book as normal.