Sitia Weather in February
Sitia in February
The short of it: Sitia in February averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 10° · rain 92 mm · daylight 10 h 52 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Sitia an average February high of 16°, a low of 10° and some 92 mm of rain. Sitia's coldest stretch of the year, 16° by day and 10° by night. Wet spells are common — about 92 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 52 min in mid-February, 50 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Sitia runs about middling and drier than most in February. Palekastro, 14 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
February in Sitia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus January
- about the same, 28 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PalekastroCrete | 14 km E | 15° | 10° | 97 mm |
| Kaló ChorióCrete | 19 km SSE | 13° | 6° | 122 mm |
| StavrochóriCrete | 21 km SW | 14° | 8° | 104 mm |
| AnálipsiCrete | 22 km SSW | 16° | 9° | 89 mm |
| Makry-GialosCrete | 22 km SSW | 16° | 9° | 89 mm |
| KoutsourásCrete | 24 km SW | 16° | 9° | 89 mm |
| KavoúsiCrete | 24 km WSW | 13° | 7° | 109 mm |
| Pacheía ÁmmosCrete | 29 km WSW | 15° | 9° | 87 mm |