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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.55,Lat: 38.1913
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	6:22:27am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Messina

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cumia	4.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Curcuraci	7.6 km	North
3 Castanea delle Furie	8.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Salice	8.1 km	NorthWest
5 Massa San Giovanni	8.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	270 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	484 km	NorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	487 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Messina lies at the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Siderno Superiore (0.5 km² at a height of around 74 meter above sea level) at a distance of 64.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pace with a height of 418 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 423.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 593 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 55%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

18.2%

Nature

2.1 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

13.5 km2

29.2%

Urban area

20.2 km2

43.6%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Messina in country Italy

Messina at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	62 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	69 km	SouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	127 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monti Peloritani, Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	IT	0.9 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Messina
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Messina

Type of weather in Messina	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:52 Europe/Amsterdam