Kritou Terra ( []; ) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Dhrousha. Kritou Terra is located 479 m above sea level. It receives 630 mm of rainfall annually. Situated in the area of Laona, as the wider area is called and in a landscape surrounded by high mountain peaks and to the north overlooking the Gulf of Chrysochous, Kritou Terra is built at an altitude of 465 meters, is one of the ampelochoria (wine-producing villages of Cyprus) of the island and is considered one of the most beautiful and picturesque villages of the province. It has fantastic climatic conditions and because it is located by the third biggest spring in Cyprus it is green all year round.
Climate
The climate is mild, and generally warm and temperate. There is more rainfall in the winter than in the summer in Kritou Terra. The annual rainfall is 630 mm. The climate here is classified as
Csa by the
Köppen-Geiger system. The average annual temperature in Kritou Terra is 17.2 °C.
Distances
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Tsada
Tsada (earlier (before 1985) written Tsadha) is a relatively big village 8 km North of Paphos city center. Although the proximity between them, the 600 m elevation difference gives to the Tsada area a totally different identity. It re ...
21 km
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Paphos
Paphos, also spelled as Pafos, is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: #Old Paphos, Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and #New Paphos, New Paphos. It i ...
29 km
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Paphos Airport 45 km
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Larnaca Airport
Larnaca International Airport – Glafcos Clerides is an international airport located southwest of Larnaca, Cyprus. Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international airport and the larger of the two commercial airports in the area ...
171 km
References
{{Paphos District
Communities in Paphos District