Chios: facts

At a glance

• Country: Greece
• Region: North Aegean
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 23,953
• Coordinates: 38.3687° N, 26.1372° E
• Time zone: Europe/Athens (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Athens: 215 km (134 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Chios Island National Airport (JKH): 2.9 km (1.8 mi), straight line
• Ikaria Airport (JIK): 78 km (49 mi), straight line
• Mytilene International Airport (MJT): 86 km (54 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Cesme, Turkey: 15 km (10 mi)
• Oinousses: 18 km (11 mi)
• Alacati, Turkey: 23 km (14 mi)
• Kuecuekbahce, Turkey: 31 km (19 mi)
• Zeytineli, Turkey: 35 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Cigli, 83 km (51 mi)