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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.0089,Lat: 38.0526
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	0:51:20am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Palermo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Balestrate

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Trappeto	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Alcamo	8.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Partinico	9.7 km	East
4 Agliandroni-Paternella	10 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Corsitti	10.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	272 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roma	Italy	426 km	North
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	428 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Balestrate-Foce lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Poma (5.6 km² at a height of around 194 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Gradara with a height of 1194 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 427.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 599 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, 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 15 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.8%

Nature

1.4 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

22.3 km2

53.9%

Viticulture

12.3 km2

29.8%

Urban area

4.6 km2

11.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balestrate-Foce in country Italy

Balestrate-Foce 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	31 km	EastNorthEast
2 Archaeological Area of Agrigento	Italy	99 km	SouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	140 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Foce del Torrente Calatubo e dune	IT	1.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balestrate

Type of weather in Balestrate	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	13 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:57 Europe/Amsterdam