Crete, Kouremenos · Greece

Crete, Kouremenos in January

Sea, no tide. What an average January looks like here, from five years of weather history.

Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
10.4
Model gust, kn
22.2
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
15
Direction
NW
Waves, m
0.8
Water °C
18
Air °C
15
Sunny days
10
Rain days
8
Wetsuit
3/2

By the model, January is one of the calmest months here: 10.4 kn mean against 11.9 kn over the year. Best for wind: Jun to Aug.

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Season

Best for wind: Jun to Aug

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind, shape of the year
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
10.4
11.8
11.6
10.9
10.8
13.6
15.8
13.4
13.0
11.2
10.1
10.1
Model gust, kn
22.2
25.1
25.2
24.6
24.6
29.2
33.5
29.0
28.0
24.4
21.4
20.6
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
15
15
17
17
17
21
26
22
21
17
15
14
Direction
NW
NNW
NNW
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
NW
Waves, m
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.9
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.7
Water °C
18
17
17
18
19
23
26
27
26
24
22
19
Air °C
15
14
16
19
23
27
29
29
27
23
20
16
Sunny days
10
9
10
14
17
27
31
30
25
21
14
9
Rain days
8
8
8
4
5
2
0
1
3
3
5
9

Wind bar: the month's model mean wind between 09:00 and 18:00 against the windiest month here (full bar). Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.

From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.

Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.