Zakros

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.217,Lat: 35.117
Elevation	225 meter above sea level
Local time	14:45:23pm
At island	Crete
Name province/region	Κρήτης
Name Subregion	Κρήτης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Σητείας

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ziros	8.7 km	SouthWest
2 Palaiokastron	9.7 km	North
3 Sitia	15.2 km	NorthWest
4 Skopi	17.6 km	West
5 Pevkoi	20.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	385 km	NorthWest
2 Nicosia	Cyprus	654 km	EastNorthEast
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	860 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction East).

The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 619.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 868 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 24%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (at a distance of 98 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sitia Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zakros in country Greece

Zakros at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Medieval City of Rhodes	Greece	238 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	243 km	North
3 Delos	Greece	264 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
ORI ZAKROU	GR	1.8 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Siteia

Type of weather in Siteia	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:03 Europe/Amsterdam