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Central Macedonia · GreeceSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Chortiatis
1,201 mMajor summit
Elevation1,201 mabove sea level
Prominence990 mindependent height
Isolation75 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul23°average high
40.58° N, 23.12° EElevation 1,201 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,201 m
- Mid-mountain880 m
- Valley · Chortiatis551 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Chortiatis in brief
Mount Chortiatis rises to 1,201 m, Central Macedonia, Greece. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 990 m, a major independent summit.
At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.
The nearest town in the atlas is Chortiatis, 3.4 km to the NW at 551 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,201 m · 3,940 ft
- Prominence
- 990 m
- Region
- Central Macedonia
- Country
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 40.5817, 23.1164
- Nearest airport
- Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG) · 14 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 Mount Chortiatis by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 4° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 5° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 51 mm | 50 mm | 55 mm | 55 mm | 69 mm | 54 mm | 42 mm | 37 mm | 44 mm | 64 mm | 75 mm | 81 mm |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 43% | 41% | 36% | 28% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 19% | 34% | 43% | 47% |
| Daylight | 9h 35 | 10h 40 | 11h 54 | 13h 16 | 14h 25 | 15h 03 | 14h 48 | 13h 49 | 12h 30 | 11h 11 | 9h 57 | 9h 17 |
| Month score | 39 | 39 | 38 | 50 | 75 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 63 | 32 | 29 |
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 | 1,400 m | 1,400 m | 1,800 m | 2,450 m | 3,200 m | 3,850 m | 4,200 m | 4,200 m | 3,600 m | 2,950 m | 2,200 m | 1,600 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 |
ivTerrain
Mount Chortiatis in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of GreecePeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalavros Oros | 292 m | – | 18 km S | 28° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Around here
Chortiatis and around
Nature
National Park of Lakes Koronia-Volvi and the Macedonian Tempe
National park
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Kamila Mountain
569 m
Heritage
Transfiguration Church, Chortiatis
archaeological site in Greece · 1150
Basilica of Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site · 601
Museums
Photo: Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Archaeological museum · 1912





































