Dikti · Crete · GreeceSummit weather, forecast and climate

Spathi

2,148 mUltra-prominent peakSnow likely Jan–Feb

Elevation2,148 mabove sea level

Prominence1,790 mindependent height

Isolation66 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul23°average high

35.12° N, 25.50° EElevation 2,148 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit2,148 m
Mid-mountain1,520 m
Valley · Selakano899 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Spathi in brief

Spathi rises to 2,148 m in the Dikti, Crete, Greece. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 1,790 m, which makes it an ultra-prominent peak.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 4 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Selakano, 5.1 km to the SE at 899 m.

Facts

Elevation: 2,148 m · 7,047 ft
Prominence: 1,790 m
Range: Dikti
Region: Crete
Country: Greece
Coordinates: 35.1192, 25.4978
Nearest airport: Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER) · 38 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 Spathi by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Spathi by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	4°	3°	7°	11°	16°	20°	23°	23°	20°	15°	10°	5°
Average low	-2°	-3°	-1°	2°	5°	9°	13°	13°	10°	7°	3°	0°
Precipitation	138 mm	110 mm	74 mm	35 mm	20 mm	5 mm	2 mm	2 mm	22 mm	61 mm	100 mm	133 mm
Cloud cover	33%	32%	28%	24%	16%	4%	1%	1%	5%	17%	30%	35%
Daylight	10h 03	10h 55	11h 56	13h 03	14h 00	14h 30	14h 18	13h 30	12h 26	11h 20	10h 20	9h 49
Month score	24	27	38	55	83	99	99	99	94	68	31	23

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

Snow likely Jan–Feb

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	2,300 m	2,150 m	2,600 m	3,150 m	3,750 m	4,400 m	4,850 m	4,900 m	4,450 m	3,850 m	3,100 m	2,500 m
Summit	❄ snow	❄ snow	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

Spathi in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Greece

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Mount Megali Koprana	1,148 m	100 m	11 km N	27°
Mikri Koprana	1,120 m	–	11 km N	27°
Mount Karfi	1,117 m	–	11 km N	27°
Papoura	1,026 m	–	10 km N	28°