I looked it up and it seems you're right! The summer highs in Nicosia[0] really are significantly warmer than in Heraklion[1]. I assumed it will be the same as

I looked it up and it seems you're right! The summer highs in Nicosia[0] really are significantly warmer than in Heraklion[1]. I assumed it will be the same as Crete and Cyprus are at the same latitude and both are islands but there must be some other effects in play. In Germany in comparison you can go almost 1000km from south to north and the only difference in climate would be if you're on a mountain or the coast (two German cities at the same altitude will have more or less the same climate even if they are 100s of kilometers apart on the south-north axis). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia#Climate [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion#Climate