Chania
Chania sits on the northwest coast of Crete, a harbour town built around a Venetian old town and working port. The facts below are screened, sourced, and dated for anyone weighing a move there. They are not advice.
Cost and climate
| Cost of living (price level index) | 87.4 verified source National figure shown for Chania Eurostat, price level index for actual individual consumption (tec00120, EU27=100) Verified 2026-06-24 Greece price level index for actual individual consumption (EU27 = 100): 87.4 in 2025 (100 = EU average). |
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| Average January high | 14 °C low confidence, verify Hellenic National Meteorological Service climate atlas, Chania (Souda) 1971 to 2000, via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Chania (Souda airport), 1971 to 2000 normals: mean daily maximum 14.0 C in January. |
| Average July high | 30.5 °C low confidence, verify Hellenic National Meteorological Service climate atlas, Chania (Souda) 1971 to 2000, via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Chania (Souda airport), 1971 to 2000 normals: mean daily maximum 30.5 C in July, the hottest month. |
| Annual sunshine | 2813.7 hours low confidence, verify Hellenic National Meteorological Service climate atlas, Chania (Souda) 1971 to 2000, via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Mean annual sunshine 2,813.7 hours (Chania Souda, 1971 to 2000 normals). |
| Climate classification | Csa verified source GloH2O Koppen-Geiger climate classification (Beck et al. 2023) Verified 2026-06-24 Koppen-Geiger class Csa, hot-summer Mediterranean, the dominant class for coastal Crete. |
Residency and tax
These are published national rules reported from their source on the verified date. They are not advice and they change. Confirm your own position with a licensed professional and the official source.
| Digital nomad visa, minimum net income | 3500 EUR/month good source National figure shown for Chania Hellenic Ministry of Migration and Asylum, digital nomad residence permit (Migration Code, Law 5038/2023) Verified 2026-06-24 Digital nomad residence permit: minimum net monthly income 3,500 euros, plus 20 percent for a spouse and 15 percent per child. National entry visa valid 12 months, convertible to a 2 year renewable permit. |
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| Top personal income tax rate | 44 % good source National figure shown for Chania PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Greece, taxes on personal income Verified 2026-06-24 Top marginal personal income tax rate of 44 percent on income above 60,000 euros (general scale 9, 20, 26, 34, 39, 44 percent). |
How to read this page
Every figure above is a cited claim: a value, the named source, the date we last verified it, and a confidence mark. Verified source means an official statistical body or primary law. Good source means an official authority read through a secondary. Low confidence means a directional figure to check yourself. A national figure shown for a town is labelled as such; we do not pass a country average off as a local one.