Faistos
# Faistos

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

## 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:

* Moires
* Tympaki
* Zaros

## Geography

### Climate

Climate data for Faistos, Greece :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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. ||||||||||||||
