Heraklion
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About
Heraklion, Herakleion or Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece, and the largest city in the Greek islands, with a municipal population of 179,302 (2021) and 211,370 in its wider metropolitan area, according to the 2011 census. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe.
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The next week in Heraklion
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
24° / 15°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
28° / 15°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
27° / 17°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
24° / 14°
UV Very high
Tue
Fog
23° / 14°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
25° / 13°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / 13°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
06:15 – 20:15local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Heraklion
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER) at 4 km.
Getting around Heraklion
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
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- 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.