Samos is in the East part of the Aegean Sea, close to the Asia Minor coastline. It's geographically located between the parallels 37.49° and 37.37° to the North and the meridians 26.33° and 27.04° to the East.

The population of the island is 33814 inhabitants (2001 census), it is comprised of 4 municipalities, Vathi, Karlovasi, Pythagoreio and Marathokampos and its capital is Samos Town. S amos is a mountainous island and it has two high mountains. The first one is rough and rocky Kerkis (or Kerketeus) with a height of 1443 meters and the second is verdant and fertile Ambelos (or Karvounis) with a height of 1160 meters. T he Samian climate is mild, healthy and pleasant, cool during the summer and warm in the wintertime. N orth wind is the prevailing wind in Samos and during summer it blows almost constantly cooling the island. South winds, that carry most of the rain, blow mainly during the winter period along with the rest of the winds. S unshine on the island is one of the longest in Greece, since, for a semester and possibly more, during the summer period, there is hardly a cloud in the sky.