A local feature called the Meltemi is a dry katabatic wind which blows from the north-west between May and September. The dry hot summers are interrupted by rainy winters.
Temperatures increase from west to east, while annual precipitation increases from east to west.
Left is the African continent and the Libian peninsula. In the middle is Kreta and at the right most of the Cycladic islands can be seen. The horseshoe shape is the old vulcano of Thira or Santorini. The tailpiece of the shuttle is seen right over the island Kea with just below it the island Kithnos. Across the Saronic gulf, Nisos Aegina can be seen.