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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.8627,Lat: 38.1607
Elevation	214 meter above sea level
Local time	7:24:17am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Piraino

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fiumara	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Gliaca	1.3 km	West
3 Salinà	2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Jannello	2.4 km	SouthWest
5 Contrada Lacco	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	251 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	458 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	461 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Piraino lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction North). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 44.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is la Colla with a height of 1611 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 28.3 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 461.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 645 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 31%, hill: 53%, low mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly western 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 78 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 70 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.3 km2

11%

Nature

10.1 km2

21%

Agriculture

28.2 km2

58.8%

Urban area

4.1 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piraino in country Italy

Piraino at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	37 km	North
2 Mount Etna	Italy	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	100 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Capo Calavà	IT	3.9 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piraino

Type of weather in Piraino	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:55 Europe/Amsterdam