Thira

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.45,Lat: 36.4
Elevation	120 meter above sea level
Local time	22:26:20pm
At island	Santorini
Name province/region (Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση)	Αιγαίου
Wiki-website Subregion (Περιφέρεια)	Νοτίου Αιγαίου
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Θήρας

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ios	39.9 km	NorthWest
2 Ios	39.9 km	NorthWest
3 Iraklia	47.8 km	North
4 Skhoinousa	53.8 km	North
5 Karos	58.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	231 km	NorthWest
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	704 km	NorthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	717 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

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

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Santorini caldera (Shield volcano) at a distance of 4.9 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 482.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 676 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 73%, hill: 22%, 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 120 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santorini Airport (at a distance of 2.6 km in Eastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thira in country Greece

Thira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Delos	Greece	111 km	NorthNorthWest
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	142 km	NorthEast
3 Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos	Greece	198 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
SANTORINI: NEA KAI PALIA KAMENI - PROFITIS ILIAS	GR	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Messaria

Type of weather in Messaria	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 18 May 2025:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:20 Europe/Amsterdam