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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.437,Lat: 38.2399
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:51pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villafranca Tirrena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saponara Marittima	1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Cavaliere	2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rometta Marea	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Serro	2.5 km	SouthEast
5 Calvaruso	2.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	271 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	475 km	NorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	478 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Villafranca Tirrena lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest). 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 73.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pace with a height of 418 meter (at a distance of 7.9 km and direction EastNorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 45.4 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 430.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 603 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 60%, hill: 34%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

2.3%

Nature

19.1 km2

40.6%

Agriculture

18.6 km2

39.6%

Urban area

7.4 km2

15.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villafranca Tirrena in country Italy

Villafranca Tirrena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	51 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	66 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	131 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monti Peloritani, Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	IT	0.7 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villafranca Tirrena

Type of weather in Villafranca Tirrena	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:53 Europe/Amsterdam