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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.1082,Lat: 37.682
Elevation	502 meter above sea level
Local time	11:59:40am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Zafferana Etnea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Linera	3 km	SouthEast
2 Santa Venerina	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Pennisi	4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Caselle	4.1 km	North
5 Lavinaio-Monterosso	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	204 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	515 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	518 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lentini (7.2 km² at a height of around 42 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Etna with a height of 3323 meter (at a distance of 12.7 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 10.8 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 484.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 678 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 24 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.4 km2

18.3%

Nature

6.5 km2

8.2%

Agriculture

42.6 km2

54.2%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

9.1 km2

11.6%

Rock-Sand

5.5 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zafferana Etnea in country Italy

Zafferana Etnea at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	13 km	NorthWest
2 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	70 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	77 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Canalone del Tripodo	IT	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zafferana Etnea

Type of weather in Zafferana Etnea	clear sky
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	45 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:47 Europe/Amsterdam