Khania

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.017,Lat: 35.517
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	14:50:02pm
At island	Crete
Name province/region	Κρήτης
Name Subregion	Κρήτης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Χανίων

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nerokourou	4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mournies	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Perivolia	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Alikianou	11.9 km	SouthWest
5 Sternes	12.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	274 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	735 km	NorthWest
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	746 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Khania lies at the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthEast).

The nearest mountain is ΠΑΨΗΝΕΣ with a height of 2453 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 561.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 787 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 86%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chania International Airport (at a distance of 12 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Khania in country Greece

Khania at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Site of Mystras	Greece	226 km	NorthWest
2 Delos	Greece	238 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus	Greece	249 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
CHERSONISOS RODOPOU – PARALIA MALEME -KOLPOS CHANION	GR	5.2 km	West

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Khania
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chania

Type of weather in Chania	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	05:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:14 Europe/Amsterdam