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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.9159,Lat: 37.5868
Elevation	356 meter above sea level
Local time	1:34:45am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Paternò

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paternò	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Palazzolo	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vitelleria	2.9 km	NorthEast
4 Santa Marina	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Giaconia	3.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	190 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	518 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	521 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Pozzillo (6.9 km² at a height of around 365 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Etna with a height of 3323 meter (at a distance of 19.2 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 18.1 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 504.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 707 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 19 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7.4 km2

9.4%

Agriculture

61.9 km2

78.8%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porrazzo in country Italy

Porrazzo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	20 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	57 km	WestSouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	67 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tratto di Pietralunga del Fiume Simeto	IT	4.6 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Paternò

Type of weather in Paternò	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:52 Europe/Amsterdam