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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.1923,Lat: 37.6883
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	23:23:35pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riposto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carruba-San Leonardello	0.6 km	NorthWest
2 Archi	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Altarello	2.3 km	North
4 Luminaria	3 km	West
5 Giarre	4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	207 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	518 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	521 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Carruba lies at the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction EastSouthEast). 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 43.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Etna with a height of 3323 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 17.4 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 477.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 669 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 72%, hill: 26%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 27 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

38.1 km2

75%

Urban area

12.6 km2

24.7%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carruba in country Italy

Carruba at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	70 km	South
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	84 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bosco di Linera	IT	4.5 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Giarre

Type of weather in Giarre	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:52 Europe/Amsterdam