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Satellite view of Adele Beach; 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.

Beach

Adele Beach

GreeceCrete · Greece · Mediterranean Sea

35.3736, 24.5419 · Rethymno, 6 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 12.4 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Adele Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Adele Beach in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 6.8 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month50 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, 2013 season
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 138Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 40 kmAirport: Chania International Airport (CHQ)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 23.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.5 °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 September26 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°4 h94 mm
  2. Feb16°5 h85 mm
  3. Mar16°7 h45 mm
  4. Apr17°9 h24 mm
  5. May19°10 h16 mm
  6. Jun22°12 h4 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h2 mm
  8. Aug26°11 h4 mm
  9. Sep25°9 h17 mm
  10. Oct23°7 h50 mm
  11. Nov21°5 h70 mm
  12. Dec18°4 h95 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: 26°Sep: 25°Oct: 23°Nov: 21°Dec: 18°16°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Feb: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Mar: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Apr: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)May: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)Jun: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Sep: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Oct: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Nov: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Dec: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)26°13°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 94 mmFeb: 85 mmMar: 45 mmApr: 24 mmMay: 16 mmJun: 4 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 4 mmSep: 17 mmOct: 50 mmNov: 70 mmDec: 95 mm95

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.9 hFeb: 4.7 hMar: 6.7 hApr: 8.6 hMay: 10.3 hJun: 12.2 hJul: 12.4 h12.4Aug: 11.4 hSep: 9.3 hOct: 6.8 hNov: 4.8 hDec: 3.5 h3.5

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Adele Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January14121694163.923
February14121685134.723
March16131645106.721
April1814172468.618
May22181916410.316
June2522224112.216
July2824252012.418
Augustwarmest sea2825264111.419
September2623251749.318
October2220235096.817
November19172170124.819
December16141895153.522

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Adele Beach: Rethymno. Adelianos kampos beach
Photo: Sofia ppdpl · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Adele Beach: Turtle nest protection, Adelianos Kampo Beach, Rethymno, Crete, Greece julesvernex2
Photo: Jules Verne Times Two · 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.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.3 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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