Chania
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📷 dronepicr· CC BY 2.0Η Κρήτη δεν είναι νησί, είναι ήπειρος. | Crete is not an island, it is a continent.
About
Chania, also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chania, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Chania
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
23° / 17°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
25° / 18°
UV High
Sun
Fog
24° / 18°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
22° / 17°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
23° / 15°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
23° / 18°
UV Very high
Thu
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / 12°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
06:19 – 20:20local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Chania
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Chania International Airport (CHQ) at 12 km.
Getting around Chania
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
VectareB Metro
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.