diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
index 704f9bb3e8..09eabe1fa7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ from esphome.core import CORE, HexInt
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 
-from .const import (
+from .const import (  # noqa
     KEY_BOARD,
     KEY_ESP32,
     KEY_SDKCONFIG_OPTIONS,
     KEY_VARIANT,
+    VARIANT_ESP32,
+    VARIANT_ESP32S2,
+    VARIANT_ESP32S3,
     VARIANT_ESP32C3,
+    VARIANT_ESP32H2,
     VARIANTS,
 )
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/__init__.py b/esphome/components/logger/__init__.py
index bc1bc6bb41..fe2a3ec8f8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_TX_BUFFER_SIZE,
 )
 from esphome.core import CORE, EsphomeError, Lambda, coroutine_with_priority
+from esphome.components.esp32 import get_esp32_variant, VARIANT_ESP32S2, VARIANT_ESP32C3
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]
 logger_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("logger")
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ LOG_LEVEL_SEVERITY = [
     "VERY_VERBOSE",
 ]
 
+ESP32_REDUCED_VARIANTS = [VARIANT_ESP32C3, VARIANT_ESP32S2]
+
+UART_SELECTION_ESP32_REDUCED = ["UART0", "UART1"]
+
 UART_SELECTION_ESP32 = ["UART0", "UART1", "UART2"]
 
 UART_SELECTION_ESP8266 = ["UART0", "UART0_SWAP", "UART1"]
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ is_log_level = cv.one_of(*LOG_LEVELS, upper=True)
 
 def uart_selection(value):
     if CORE.is_esp32:
+        if get_esp32_variant() in ESP32_REDUCED_VARIANTS:
+            return cv.one_of(*UART_SELECTION_ESP32_REDUCED, upper=True)(value)
         return cv.one_of(*UART_SELECTION_ESP32, upper=True)(value)
     if CORE.is_esp8266:
         return cv.one_of(*UART_SELECTION_ESP8266, upper=True)(value)
diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp b/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp
index 2d85969bf3..b38c7f1a69 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -153,13 +153,9 @@ void Logger::pre_setup() {
       case UART_SELECTION_UART1:
         this->hw_serial_ = &Serial1;
         break;
-#ifdef USE_ESP32
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3 && !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S2
       case UART_SELECTION_UART2:
-#if !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S2 && !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3
-        // FIXME: Validate in config that UART2 can't be set for ESP32-S2 (only has
-        // UART0-UART1)
         this->hw_serial_ = &Serial2;
-#endif
         break;
 #endif
     }
@@ -173,9 +169,11 @@ void Logger::pre_setup() {
       case UART_SELECTION_UART1:
         uart_num_ = UART_NUM_1;
         break;
+#if !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3 && !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S2
       case UART_SELECTION_UART2:
         uart_num_ = UART_NUM_2;
         break;
+#endif
     }
     uart_config_t uart_config{};
     uart_config.baud_rate = (int) baud_rate_;