Khios

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.117,Lat: 38.383
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	18:06:28pm
At island	Chios
Name province/region	Αιγαίου
Name Subregion	Βορείου Αιγαίου
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Χίου

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vrondadhes	4 km	North
2 Kardhamila	18.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Volissos	21.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Piryi	22 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Plomarion	69.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	215 km	WestSouthWest
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	530 km	NorthWest
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	559 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction East).

The nearest mountain is ΒΟΗΘΗΤΙΚΟ ΠΕΛΙΝΕΟΥ with a height of 1293 meter (at a distance of 21.5 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 259.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 363 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 52%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is .
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adnan Menderes International Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Chios Island National Airport (at a distance of 4.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Khios in country Greece

Khios at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos	Greece	104 km	SouthEast
2 Ephesus	Turkey	119 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos	Greece	125 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
VOREIA CHIOS	GR	1.7 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Khios
	TikTok
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chios

Type of weather in Chios	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	13 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:56 Europe/Amsterdam