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South Aegean · GreeceSummit weather, forecast and climate
Santorini caldera
Shield volcano · last major eruption 1926367 m
Elevation367 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation70 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul24°average high
36.40° N, 25.40° EElevation 367 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit367 m
- Mid-mountain180 m
- Valley0 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Santorini caldera in brief
Santorini caldera rises to 367 m, South Aegean, Greece.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 25°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Fira, 3.6 km to the NE at 244 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 367 m · 1,204 ft
- Region
- South Aegean
- Country
- Greece
- Coordinates
- 36.4036, 25.3964
- Nearest airport
- Santorini International Airport (JTR) · 7.4 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 Santorini caldera 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 | 14° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low | 12° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 59 mm | 55 mm | 35 mm | 15 mm | 8 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 6 mm | 18 mm | 45 mm | 62 mm |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 31% | 25% | 21% | 14% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 16% | 28% | 33% |
| Daylight | 9h 57 | 10h 52 | 11h 55 | 13h 06 | 14h 05 | 14h 38 | 14h 25 | 13h 34 | 12h 27 | 11h 18 | 10h 15 | 9h 42 |
| Month score | 61 | 60 | 70 | 86 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 95 | 86 | 66 |
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 | 2,450 m | 2,750 m | 3,150 m | 3,700 m | 4,000 m | 4,050 m | 3,850 m | 3,450 m | 2,950 m | 2,550 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
Santorini caldera in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of GreecePeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nea Kameni | 114 m | – | 0.5 km SE | 24° |
| Palea Kameni | 98 m | – | 1.7 km W | 25° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
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Imerovigli
South Aegean · 4.0 km NE
21°Oct high
6wet days
86score
Around here
Fira and around
Nature
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nea Kameni
114 m
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Palea Kameni
98 m
Heritage
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nea Kameni
Natura 2000
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