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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.121,Lat: 37.8821
Elevation	500 meter above sea level
Local time	8:36:22am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castiglione di Sicilia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gravà	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Francavilla di Sicilia	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Fondaco Motta	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Linguaglossa	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Motta Camastra	4.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	225 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	496 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	499 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 48.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Montagna Grande with a height of 1374 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction NorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 19.4 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 473.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 662 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 42%, low mountains: 57%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 46 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 51 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.3 km2

6.8%

Nature

21.8 km2

27.7%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.6%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.2%

Urban area

3.1 km2

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castiglione di Sicilia in country Italy

Castiglione di Sicilia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	18 km	SouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	68 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	90 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riserva naturale del Fiume Alcantara	IT	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castiglione di Sicilia

Type of weather in Castiglione di Sicilia	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	34 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:46 Europe/Amsterdam