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Heraklion, Crete Climate & Temperature

⛺ Heraklion, Crete has a hot mediterranean/ dry-summer subtropical climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa) that is mild with moderate seasonality. Summers are dry and hot due to the domination of subtropical high pressure systems while winters experience moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather due to the polar front. These climates usually occur on the western sides of continents between the latitudes of 30° and 45°. Vegetation is adapted to the dry summers and is fragrant and oily making it susceptible to fire. The typical Mediterranean climate average monthly temperatures in excess of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) in its warmest month and an average in the coldest month between 18 to −3 °C (64 to 27 °F) with at least four months above 10 °C (50 °F). Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa).Mediterranean hot climate (Csa)

⛳ Heraklion, Crete is situated in or near the warm temperate moist forest biome.

🌡️ The annual average temperature is 18.7 degrees Celsius (65.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 14.1 °C (25.4°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 500.6 mm (19.7 inches) which is equivalent to 500.6 Litres/m² (12.28 Gallons/ft²).

Heraklion, Crete Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 15.9°C (60.6°F) on average falling to 9.6°C (49.3°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 20.2°C (68.3°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 12.2°C (54°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 28.1°C (82.6°F) and average low temperatures are 20.8°C (69.4°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 23.2°C (73.8°F) during the day and lows of 16.4°C (61.5°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 14:23 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 9:36 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 2916 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Heraklion, Crete you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Tubuai, French Polynesia where you would find a Tropical wet climate.

🌍Heraklion, Crete, Greece is at 35°20'N, 25°11'E, 39 m (128 ft). Check the location on the map.

Heraklion, Crete Climate Table

 Climate Variable Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecAnnual
 
Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) 15 (59) 16 (60) 17 (62) 20 (68) 24 (74) 27 (81) 29 (83) 28 (83) 26 (80) 23 (74) 20 (68) 17 (63) 22 (71)
 
Average Temperature °C ( °F) 12 (54) 12 (54) 14 (56) 17 (62) 20 (69) 24 (76) 26 (79) 26 (79) 24 (74) 20 (68) 17 (62) 14 (57) 19 (66)
 
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) 9 (48) 9 (48) 10 (50) 12 (54) 15 (59) 19 (66) 22 (71) 22 (71) 19 (67) 17 (62) 13 (56) 11 (52) 15 (59)
 
Average Precipitation mm (in) 92 (4) 77 (3) 57 (2) 30 (1) 15 (1) 3 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 20 (1) 69 (3) 59 (2) 77 (3) 501 (20)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) 14 (45) 9 (32) 10 (32) 6 (20) 4 (13) 1 (3) 0.5 (2) 0.5 (2) 2 (7) 6 (19) 11 (37) 14 (45) 78 (21)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day 3h 27' 4h 36' 6h 19' 8h 08' 10h 19' 11h 40' 12h 32' 11h 56' 9h 52' 6h 46' 5h 48' 4h 11' 7h 59'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day 10h 03' 10h 51' 11h 55' 13h 03' 14h 00' 14h 29' 14h 17' 13h 27' 12h 21' 11h 13' 10h 16' 9h 48' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours 35 (65) 43 (57) 54 (46) 63 (37) 74 (26) 81 (19) 89 (11) 90 (10) 81 (19) 61 (39) 57 (43) 43 (57) 67 (33)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). 34.8 44.1 54.9 66.6 74.9 78.1 75 66.7 55.3 43.8 34.7 31.3 55

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