Crete · GreeceSummit weather, forecast and climate

Kapsas

1,002 m

Elevation1,002 mabove sea level

Prominence370 mindependent height

Isolation5.8 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

35.13° N, 25.88° EElevation 1,002 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Summit1,002 m
Mid-mountain560 m
Valley · Kavoúsi114 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Kapsas in brief

Kapsas rises to 1,002 m, Crete, Greece. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 370 m.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 25°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town is Kavoúsi, 2.0 km to the SW at 114 m.

Facts

Elevation: 1,002 m · 3,287 ft
Prominence: 370 m
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Coordinates: 35.1319, 25.8772
Nearest airport: Sitia Airport (JSH) · 22 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Kapsas by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Kapsas by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	10°	10°	12°	14°	18°	22°	24°	25°	23°	19°	15°	12°
Average low	7°	6°	8°	10°	14°	18°	20°	21°	19°	16°	12°	9°
Precipitation	121 mm	93 mm	59 mm	30 mm	14 mm	3 mm	1 mm	1 mm	17 mm	50 mm	80 mm	115 mm
Cloud cover	31%	30%	26%	22%	15%	4%	1%	1%	4%	15%	27%	33%
Daylight	10h 03	10h 55	11h 56	13h 04	14h 00	14h 30	14h 18	13h 30	12h 26	11h 20	10h 20	9h 48
Month score	26	32	50	72	96	99	100	100	95	86	62	34

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	2,350 m	2,250 m	2,500 m	2,900 m	3,450 m	4,050 m	4,450 m	4,500 m	4,150 m	3,650 m	3,050 m	2,600 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C