Palaiokastron

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.25,Lat: 35.2
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	5:23:29am
At island	Crete
Name province/region	Κρήτης
Name Subregion	Κρήτης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Σητείας

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zakros	9.7 km	South
2 Sitia	13.8 km	West
3 Ziros	17 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Skopi	20.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Pevkoi	26.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	379 km	NorthWest
2 Nicosia	Cyprus	651 km	EastNorthEast
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	853 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

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

The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 610.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 855 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 71%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sitia Airport (at a distance of 14 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palaiokastron in country Greece

Palaiokastron at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Medieval City of Rhodes	Greece	229 km	NorthEast
2 The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos	Greece	234 km	North
3 Delos	Greece	256 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
VOREIOANATOLIKO AKRO KRITIS: DIONYSADES, ELASA KAI CHERSONISOS SIDERO (AKRA MAVRO MOURI – VAI – AKRA PLAKAS) KAI THALASSIA ZONI	GR	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palekastro

Type of weather in Palekastro	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	05:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:05 Europe/Amsterdam