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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.2733,Lat: 37.0836
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:04am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Siracusa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Siracusa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carrozziere	5.2 km	South
2 Belvedere	5.8 km	West
3 Isola	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Città Giardino	6.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Fanusa	6.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	148 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	581 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	584 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Pantano Grande (0.6 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Cavallaro with a height of 406 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 508.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 711 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 24%, low location: 76%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 46 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.7 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

56.1%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.4%

Urban area

16.4 km2

36.2%

Infrastructure

1 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Siracusa in country Italy

Siracusa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	3.2 km	SouthEast
2 Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)	Italy	28 km	SouthWest
3 Mount Etna	Italy	78 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Saline di Siracusa e Fiume Ciane	IT	2.7 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Siracusa
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Syracuse

Type of weather in Syracuse	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:45 Europe/Amsterdam