Road distances between towns in Crete

How far is each town in Crete from Chania, Rethymnon, Heraklion or Agios Nikolaos? What is the distance between the main towns and cities in Crete? You will find the answers to these practical questions in the following article.

The distance between the cities in Crete

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Chania is 60 km from Rethymnon, 138 km from Heraklion, 204 km from Agios Nikolaos and 286 km from Sitia. It takes 30 – 45 minutes to drive from Chania to Rethymnon, 2 hours from Chania to Heraklion and 3 hours from Chania to Agios Nikolaos. Sitia is about 4.5 hours from Chania.
Rethymnon is 78 km to Heraklion, 144 km to Agios Nikolaos and 226 km to Sitia. You will need 1.5 hours to drive to Heraklion, 2.5 hours to drive to Agios Nikolaos and 4 hours to drive to Sitia.
Heraklion is 65 km from Agios Nikolaos and 147 km from Sitia. It takes 1 hour to drive to Agios Nikolaos and 2.5 hours to drive to Sitia.
In Heraklion prefecture you will need 90 minutes to 2 hours to drive to the towns on the south coast.
In Chania prefecture you will need about 1 h 30 min – 2 hours to drive from the city of Chania to the towns on the south coast.
In Rethymnon prefecture you will need 30 – 45 minutes to drive from Rethymnon town to the towns on the south coast. The same applies to Lassithi prefecture.

Distances between towns and main sites of interest in Crete

Distance to:	Chania	Rethymnon	Heraklion	Agios Nikolaos
Agia Galini	114	54	79	143
Agia Pelagia	121	61	24	89
Agios Nikolaos	204	144	65	0
Anogia	112	52	36	101
Arkadi	82	22	91	156
Bali	92	32	51	116
Chania	0	60	138	204
Chania airport	14	70	149	214
Elafonissi	75	135	225	285
Elounda	207	147	68	11
Fodele	110	50	28	93
Georgioupolis	39	21	100	165
Gortys	146	86	45	111
Heraklion	138	79	0	65
Heraklion airport	142	84	5	60
Hersonissos	166	186	27	38
Hora Sfakion	74	68	146	212
Ierapetra	240	180	101	36
Kissamos	42	102	181	246
Knossos	143	83	5	71
Kolimbari	23	83	162	227
Kritsa	215	155	76	11
Lassithi plateau	197	137	58	44
Lentas	174	114	73	138
Malia	173	113	34	31
Makrigialos	265	205	125	60
Matala	144	84	70	135
Mirtos	255	195	116	51
Omalos	39	99	177	243
Paleochora	73	133	212	277
Phaistos	136	76	60	126
Plakias	92	36	114	180
Platanias	16	76	166	292
Rethymnon	60	0	79	144
Sissi	179	119	40	25
Sitia	286	226	147	82
Stalis	172	112	30	35
Vai	302	242	164	98
Zakros	312	252	173	108