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Satellite view of Préveli; 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

Préveli

GreeceCrete · Greece · Mediterranean Sea

35.1526, 24.4745 · Atsipópoulo, 22 km

  • 25°Sea · August
  • 29°High · August
  • 12.4 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Préveli. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Préveli in October

  • 23°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 6.8 hSunshine a day
  • 6 daysRainy days in the month47 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • GoodBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 4Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 51 kmAirport: Chania International Airport (CHQ)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.5 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.8 °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 rainJune and July2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°4 h90 mm
  2. Feb16°5 h80 mm
  3. Mar16°7 h40 mm
  4. Apr17°9 h25 mm
  5. May19°10 h17 mm
  6. Jun22°12 h2 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h2 mm
  8. Aug25°11 h3 mm
  9. Sep25°9 h16 mm
  10. Oct23°7 h47 mm
  11. Nov21°5 h67 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: 25°Sep: 25°Oct: 23°Nov: 21°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: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Mar: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Apr: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)May: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 17°)Jun: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 21°)Jul: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Sep: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 22°)Oct: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)Nov: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Dec: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)26°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 90 mmFeb: 80 mmMar: 40 mmApr: 25 mmMay: 17 mmJun: 2 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 3 mmSep: 16 mmOct: 47 mmNov: 67 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: 11.3 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 Préveli: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Préveli: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January14111690133.922
February14111680114.722
March1512164086.720
April1814172548.618
May22171917310.315
June2621222112.215
July2924252012.417
Augustwarmest sea2924253011.318
September2622251629.317
October2319234766.816
November1916216794.818
December16131895133.521

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Préveli: Palmenstrand von Preveli 01
Photo: Olaf Tausch · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Préveli: Palmenstrand von Preveli 02
Photo: Olaf Tausch · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · 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 POWER19 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.119 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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