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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.2957,Lat: 38.0442
Elevation	337 meter above sea level
Local time	1:38:37am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Palermo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altofonte

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Piano Maglio-Blandino	2.2 km	NorthEast
2 Fontana Lupo-Rigolizia	2.4 km	North
3 Celsa	2.6 km	West
4 Villa Ciambra	2.7 km	NorthEast
5 Cannizzaro-Favara	2.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	260 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roma	Italy	430 km	North
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	432 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Piana d. Albanesi (2.6 km² at a height of around 608 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.7 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Gradara with a height of 1194 meter (at a distance of 10.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 431.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 604 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 11%, hill: 34%, low mountains: 44%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Falcone–Borsellino Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11 km2

14%

Nature

17.8 km2

22.7%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

51.3%

Urban area

9.1 km2

11.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altofonte in country Italy

Altofonte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale	Italy	8.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Archaeological Area of Agrigento	Italy	87 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	118 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte Pizzuta, Costa del Carpineto, Moarda	IT	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altofonte

Type of weather in Altofonte	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:59 Europe/Amsterdam