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Chania Regional UnitΔήμος Χανίων

Municipality of Chania

Municipality of Chania: location in Greece

The municipality has 16 official bathing-water sites, and all were classified Excellent in the 2024 season (EEA). In the municipal seat the weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September, and the sea reaches 22 °C from May to September.

Open on the map

Settlements
67OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Highest settlement
120 mKounoupidiana, OpenStreetMap, 24 Sept 2026
Wildfires 2016–2026
2 firesabout 5 hectares burnt (EFFIS)
Natura 2000
6 sitesoverlap the municipality (YPEN)
Zone prices 2021, per m²
650–1,850 €106 zones, a tax value and not a market price

When to go

This section is about Chania, the seat of the municipality, not the whole municipality.

  1. Jan12°16°
  2. Feb12°16°
  3. Mar13°17°
  4. Apr15°19°
  5. May19°22°comfortable weather, warm sea
  6. Jun23°25°comfortable weather, warm sea
  7. Jul26°26°warm sea
  8. Aug26°25°warm sea
  9. Sep24°23°comfortable weather, warm sea
  10. Oct20°20°
  11. Nov17°18°
  12. Dec13°16°

The weather is most comfortable for walking and sightseeing in May, June and September (average temperature around 22 °C, little rain).

The sea is 22 °C or warmer from May to September (up to 25.7 °C).

Monthly rain reaches 80 mm or more from November to February.

Day length is 9 h 45 min at the winter solstice (07:29 to 17:14) and 14 h 34 min at the summer solstice (06:08 to 20:42), Greek time.

Temperature and rainfall by month. The same values are in the table.01020300100200°CmmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temperature and rainfall by month
  • Mean temperature °C
  • Rain (mm, right axis)
  • Sea °C
  • Sea 22 °C or warmer
Monthly climate figures
MonthMean temp. °CRain mmSea °CDaylight h
Jan11.59815.510.0
Feb11.58915.710.9
Mar13.05116.611.9
Apr15.32718.913.1
May (sea 22 °C or warmer)19.11722.414.0
Jun (sea 22 °C or warmer)23.2524.914.5
Jul (sea 22 °C or warmer)25.9325.714.3
Aug (sea 22 °C or warmer)26.2524.713.5
Sep (sea 22 °C or warmer)23.72122.712.4
Oct20.25720.311.3
Nov16.78317.910.3
Dec13.310316.19.8

Temperature and rain: NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 24 km away. The temperatures are monthly averages from a regional model. Sea: NOAA OISST v2.1, period 1991–2020, nearest cell about 17 km away (0.25 degree grid). Daylight: calculated for the 15th of each month. These are regional model values and typical conditions, not a forecast.

Cities, towns and villages

Settlements of the municipality in OpenStreetMap. Those with a link have their own page; the rest open on the map. Altitude is shown only where OpenStreetMap records one.

Cities, towns and villages
NameTypeAltitude (OSM)
Chaniacity–
Agía Marínatown–
Kounoupidianatown120 m
Soudatown–
Achladesvillage–
Agiavillage–
Aronivillage–
Chorafakiavillage–
Chordakivillage–
Daratsosvillage–
Drakonavillage–
Galatasvillage–
Kalathasvillage–
Kampanivillage–
Kanterisvillage–
Kathianavillage–
Káto Stalósvillage–
Katochorivillage–
Kirtomadosvillage–
Kondopoulavillage–
Korakiesvillage–
Krio Nerovillage–
Ligidesvillage–
Loulosvillage–
Malaxavillage–
Marathivillage–
Marmarasvillage–
Mourniesvillage–
Mouzourasvillage–
Nerokourosvillage–
Oasivillage–
Papadolianavillage–
Pazinosvillage–
Perivoliavillage–
Pitharivillage–
Potistiriavillage–
Sikoliavillage–
Stalosvillage–
Stavrosvillage–
Sternesvillage–
Therisovillage–
Tsikalariavillage–
Varipetrovillage–
Smaller settlements and suburbs (24)
Smaller settlements and suburbs
NameTypeAltitude (OSM)
Apterasettlement–
Argoulidessettlement–
Beretianasettlement–
Gero Prinossettlement–
Gerolakossettlement–
Kafessettlement–
Kalamisettlement–
Kalorroumasettlement–
Kambisettlement–
Madarosettlement–
Maravelianasettlement–
Metochisettlement–
Panagiasettlement–
Plakouressettlement–
Platanisettlement–
Plativolasettlement–
Somatasettlement–
Thymiasettlement–
Tsakistrasettlement–
Tsichlopigadosettlement–
Koumpelisdistrict–
Lentarianadistrict–
Lower Profitis Iliasdistrict–
Vardiadistrict–

Official bathing-water beaches

Latest classification of the waters by the European Environment Agency (queried 6 Oct 2026).

Bathing-water sites of the municipality
BeachLatest classSeason
Agia Marina – StalosExcellent2024
Agia Marina Beach 1Excellent2024
Agia Marina Beach 2Excellent2024
Agia Marina Beach 3Excellent2024
Agioi Apostoloi – Eot AnatolikaExcellent2024
Agioi Apostoloi – Eot DytikaExcellent2024
Agios OnoufriosExcellent2024
Golden BeachExcellent2024
KalamakiExcellent2024
KalathasExcellent2024
Koum KapiExcellent2024
Loutraki (Akrotiri)Excellent2024
MarathiExcellent2024
Nea ChoraExcellent2024
StavrosExcellent2024
VlitesExcellent2024

Getting there and around

The links go to the operators and municipalities that publish the timetables. We do not copy times, because they would go stale.

Official travel information

Routes and connections can change by season. Confirm times and service directly with the operator before travelling.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected areas from the Ministry of Environment (YPEN) that overlap the municipal boundary. Names come from the EEA database.

How the numbers were counted

Fires: the count covers EFFIS burnt areas (roughly 30 hectares and above) whose reference point, the mean of the outline's vertices, lies inside the municipality. Our data holds dates from 23 Mar 2016 to 12 Sept 2026. Smaller fires do not appear.

Natura 2000: a site counts as overlapping when a sampled point lies in both polygons or at least three vertices of one lie inside the other.

Zone prices: the 2021 objective-system zones whose reference point lies in the municipality. They are tax values, not market prices.

Neighbouring municipalities

The five municipalities with the nearest centre, in a straight line.

All municipalities in Greece

Identifiers

Records of the municipality
SourceLink
OpenStreetMapboundary relation
WikidataQ12875801

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, with the date each was updated.

Page updated .