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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 12–24 °C (54–75 °F)
- J7°3°238
- F7°2°197
- M9°4°130
- A13°7°62
- M18°11°26
- J22°15°5
- J24°18°2
- A24°18°3
- S21°16°29
- O17°12°95
- N12°8°199
- D9°5°237
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 16 km · 10 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 15 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 16 km S of Alikianós (Nomós Chaniás, Crete) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Crete
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Samaria National Park
- Route centre
- 35.2692, 23.9433
- Route start
- 35.3080, 23.9184
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9634834
- Official info
- samaria-gorge.gr/
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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