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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.2384,Lat: 37.2517
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	3:19:08am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Siracusa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Augusta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cozzo Filonero-Balate	2.3 km	West
2 Margi	3.7 km	West
3 Bongiovanni I	5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Brucoli	5.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Samperi	5.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	163 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	563 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	566 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Augusta lies at the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lentini (7.2 km² at a height of around 42 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Cavallaro with a height of 406 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 499.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 700 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 80%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 28 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.6 km2

6.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

11.4 km2

47.3%

Urban area

9.8 km2

40.6%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Augusta in country Italy

Augusta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	22 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)	Italy	42 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Mount Etna	Italy	59 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Saline di Augusta	IT	0.9 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Augusta
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Augusta

Type of weather in Augusta	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:46 Europe/Amsterdam