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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.1374,Lat: 37.9026
Elevation	325 meter above sea level
Local time	7:32:35am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Francavilla di Sicilia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gravà	1.4 km	SouthEast
2 Castiglione di Sicilia	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Fondaco Motta	3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Motta Camastra	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Linguaglossa	6.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	228 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	495 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	497 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 50.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Montagna Grande with a height of 1374 meter (at a distance of 6 km and direction NorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 22.1 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 470.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 659 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 48%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern 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 48 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 49 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.3%

Nature

28.2 km2

35.9%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

48.1%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

1.5 km2

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Francavilla di Sicilia in country Italy

Francavilla di Sicilia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	20 km	SouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	67 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	93 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riserva naturale del Fiume Alcantara	IT	0.9 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Francavilla di Sicilia

Type of weather in Francavilla di Sicilia	light rain
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:56 Europe/Amsterdam