Sitia

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.1,Lat: 35.217
Elevation	112 meter above sea level
Local time	19:54:24pm
At island	Crete
Name province/region	Κρήτης
Name Subregion	Κρήτης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Σητείας

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skopi	8.4 km	SouthWest
2 Palaiokastron	13.8 km	East
3 Mursin	15 km	SouthWest
4 Ziros	15 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Zakros	15.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	370 km	NorthWest
2 Nicosia	Cyprus	664 km	EastNorthEast
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	845 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sitia lies at the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 608.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 852 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 93%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sitia Airport (at a distance of 0.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sitia in country Greece

Sitia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 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
2 Medieval City of Rhodes	Greece	239 km	NorthEast
3 Delos	Greece	250 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	5.9 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sitia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sitia

Type of weather in Sitia	clear sky
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:02 Europe/Amsterdam