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Satellite view of Ormískos Ammoúdi; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cove

Ormískos Ammoúdi

GreeceCrete · Greece · Mediterranean Sea

35.1978, 25.7138 · Ágios Nikólaos, 1 km

  • 25°Sea · August
  • 29°High · August
  • 12.2 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Ormískos Ammoúdi. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ormískos Ammoúdi in October

  • 23°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 7.1 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month48 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 74Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 35 kmAirport: Sitia Airport (JSH)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 22.9 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September25 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°4 h88 mm
  2. Feb16°5 h74 mm
  3. Mar16°7 h41 mm
  4. Apr17°9 h28 mm
  5. May19°10 h18 mm
  6. Jun22°12 h5 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h2 mm
  8. Aug25°11 h4 mm
  9. Sep25°9 h20 mm
  10. Oct23°7 h48 mm
  11. Nov20°5 h58 mm
  12. Dec18°4 h90 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 16°Mar: 16°Apr: 17°May: 19°Jun: 22°Jul: 25°Aug: 25°Sep: 25°Oct: 23°Nov: 20°Dec: 18°25°16°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Feb: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Mar: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)Apr: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)May: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)Jun: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 21°)Jul: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Aug: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Sep: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Oct: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)Nov: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Dec: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)27°13°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 88 mmFeb: 74 mmMar: 41 mmApr: 28 mmMay: 18 mmJun: 5 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 4 mmSep: 20 mmOct: 48 mmNov: 58 mmDec: 90 mm90

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.1 hFeb: 4.9 hMar: 7.0 hApr: 8.6 hMay: 10.3 hJun: 12.2 h12.2Jul: 12.2 h12.2Aug: 11.1 hSep: 9.4 hOct: 7.1 hNov: 5.2 hDec: 3.7 h3.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Ormískos Ammoúdi: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Ormískos Ammoúdi: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January14111688144.123
February14111674114.922
March1612164197.020
April1814172858.618
May22181918410.315
June2721225212.216
July2924252012.220
Augustwarmest sea2924254111.119
September2722252039.418
October2319234887.117
November19162058105.218
December16131890133.722

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Ormískos Ammoúdi: Zatoka - panoramio - Mietek Ł
Photo: Mietek Ł · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ormískos Ammoúdi: Sea coast N of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, 2019a
Photo: Cayambe · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

The nearest sea measurement point is 21 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER23 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202021 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.123 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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