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Tinos

195 km² rising to 729 m out of the Aegean Sea.

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Tinos seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Tínos
N 5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

195km²

Area

132km

Coastline

729m

Highest point

8,934

People

24°C

Warmest sea

August

79km

To the mainland

When to go to Tinos

Best for the beach from July to September.

The sea is warmest in August (24 °C) and coolest in February (15 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to October.

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in the Cyclades, Greece

Tinos is an island in Greece. It covers 195 km², with 132 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 729 m. About 8,934 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 79 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Mykonos Island National Airport (JMK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire at JMK airport (Mykonos)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesAndros - Tinos, Syros - Tinos, Tinos - Mykonos, Tinos - Naxos
  • 79 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From July to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Tinos.

  • 66beachesLivada, Kionia, Agios Romanos and 63 more
  • 8viewpointsrock formations and 7 more
  • 3lighthousesLivadha
  • 3ferry terminals
  • 2named peaksExomvourgo
  • 1waterfalls
  • 15ruins and archaeological sitesAncient aqueduct, Vryokastro and 13 more
  • 24waymarked walking routesM3 - Myrsini - Ormos Leivadas, E1 Ormos Giannaki-Kardiani-Ysternia-Ormos Ysternion-Ormos Giannaki, E1A Ysternia-Platia-Pyrgos and 21 more
  • 85hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 118restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Tinos in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Tinos, each with its own numbers.

  • 24beaches and covesCoastya
  • 71mountainsPeakyas
  • Beach with the warmest sea

    24.1°C

    Ágios Fokás

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

24 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Ágios Fokás24.1°C
  2. Dialiskári24.1°C
  3. Agía Kyriakí24.1°C
  4. Laoúti24.1°C
  5. Ágios Sóstis24.1°C
  6. Vórni24.1°C
  7. Kavalourkó24.1°C
  8. Agía Thálassa24.1°C

16 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

71 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Exomvourgo
  2. Tourlia
  3. Gavalas
  4. Korakou Folia
  5. Tsiknias Oros
  6. Kato Kastri
  7. Xavni
  8. Prasa

63 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 210 m above the sea. 53 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 15 %0–50 m
  • 38 %50–200 m
  • 43 %200–500 m
  • 4 %500–1,000 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Tinos195 km²
Malta247 km²
Madeira Island742 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

  • Tínos4,573 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)141415172024262724211815
Night low (°C)121213151822242422191613
Sea (°C)161516161822232423211917
Rain (mm)997851272095424537392
Wet days1312964211481113
Sun h/day3.74.66.88.510.412.112.411.39.57.15.13.5
Wind (km/h)262523211718232522222225

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.6+0.5+0.3+0.3+0.8+0.6−0.6±0.0+0.8+1.7+0.6+1.1
2021+1.7+1.2+0.8+0.8+0.8+1.0+0.8+1.1+0.5−0.2±0.0+0.2
2022+1.1+0.7+0.4+0.4+0.4−0.5−0.7+0.2+1.2−0.4−0.4+0.8
2023+1.5+0.9+0.7+0.7−0.3−0.8+1.4+1.6+0.6+0.9+2.4+1.7
2024+1.8+0.8+1.1+1.3+0.3+0.5+0.5+1.3+1.9+1.6+0.4+1.2
2025+1.0+1.2+0.7+0.1−0.1−0.7+0.7+0.3+0.4+0.7+1.7+1.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q211285) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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