Iraklion

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.133,Lat: 35.333
Elevation	45 meter above sea level
Local time	4:04:09am
Population	141000 (6th largest city in country)
At island	Crete
Name province/region (Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση)	Κρήτης
Wiki-website Subregion (Περιφέρεια)	Κρήτης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ηρακλείου

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Knossos	4.7 km	SouthEast
2 Knossos	4.7 km	SouthEast
3 Elia	8.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ano Arkhanai	9.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Rogdhia	11.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	317 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Nicosia	Cyprus	752 km	EastNorthEast
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	798 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

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

The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 603.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 845 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 91%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (at a distance of 4.4 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sitia Airport (at a distance of 89 km in Eastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Iraklion in country Greece

Iraklion at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Delos	Greece	228 km	North
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	255 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Medieval City of Rhodes	Greece	310 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
GIOUCHTAS - FARANGI AGIAS EIRINIS	GR	4.9 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Iraklion
	TikTok
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bendevís

Type of weather in Bendevís	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:09 Europe/Amsterdam