Faistos

This article is about the municipality. For the ancient city, see Phaistos.

Faistos (Greek: Φαιστός) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires.^[2] It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of 410.810 km² (158.615 sq mi).^[3]

Faistos Φαιστός
Municipality
Faistos Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°03′N 24°52′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Seat	Moires
Area
• Municipality	410.8 km2 (158.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	23,921
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Faistos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Moires
• Tympaki
• Zaros

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Faistos, Greece
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	59.0 (15.0)	59.1 (15.1)	61.7 (16.5)	68.0 (20.0)	74.1 (23.4)	80.8 (27.1)	83.3 (28.5)	82.8 (28.2)	79.5 (26.4)	74.1 (23.4)	67.3 (19.6)	61.9 (16.6)	71.0 (21.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	48.4 (9.1)	48.2 (9.0)	49.3 (9.6)	53.8 (12.1)	59.5 (15.3)	66.6 (19.2)	71.4 (21.9)	71.6 (22.0)	67.3 (19.6)	62.1 (16.7)	56.1 (13.4)	51.3 (10.7)	58.8 (14.9)
Source: <Yr.no >"Weather forecast for Phaistos". Weather statistics for Phaistos, Crete (Greece). Yr.no. 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.