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Drag the clock. Light, crowds, sea and parking all change - see the exact hour worth driving there.
🌤Morning
Balos
Turquoise lagoon at Crete's north-western tip.
10:00
30°C · Best hour today: 07:00
Sun & shade
☀️Full sun
UV 9/11
Crowd level
🟡Moderate
People around, but plenty of room.
Swimming conditions
26°C
Water
6
km/h Wind
Calm
Sea
Swimming rating★★★★★
Photography score
★★★★★
Clean light, water at its most transparent.
Heat comfort
🥵Hot
Feels like 32°C
Parking
🟡Moderate
Arrive before 10:00 for easier parking.
Family friendliness
Morning★★★★★
Afternoon★★★★★
Evening★★★★★
Instagram score
★★★★★
- · Best colours
- · Directional light
Local tip from Manolis
“The left side of the beach has more shade and fewer people.”
AI recommendation
★★★★★I'd pick a different hour
- Feels like 32 °C - hot
- Wind 6 km/h
- 🟡 Moderate
- ☀️ Full sun
- Swimming 5/5, water 26 °C
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⭐⭐
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⭐
Calm
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33°UV 11
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33°UV 11
high
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⭐
Calm
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Lasithi
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33°UV 11
high
57%
⭐
Calm
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Heraklion
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33°UV 11
high
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⭐
Calm
Full
Chania
14
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33°UV 11
high
73%
⭐
Small waves
Full
Chania
14
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33°UV 11
high
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⭐
Calm
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Chania
12
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33°UV 11
high
94%
⭐
Calm
Full
Chania
11
🌸 Elafonissi
33°UV 11
high
100%
⭐
Small waves
Full
Chania
3
🥾 Samaria
33°UV 11
high
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⭐
Calm
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