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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.0744,Lat: 37.4987
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	6:06:54am
Population	291000 (9th largest city in country)
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Catania

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Nullo	3.5 km	NorthWest
2 Misterbianco	4.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Canalicchio	5.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Cerza	5.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Gravina di Catania	6.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	184 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	532 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	535 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Catania lies at the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction East). 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 20.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 26.6 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 497.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 696 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 80%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 3.6 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.3 km2

Agriculture

12.1 km2

20.5%

Urban area

39.4 km2

66.8%

Infrastructure

3.3 km2

5.5%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Catania in country Italy

Catania at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	29 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	52 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)	Italy	67 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biviere di Lentini, tratto mediano e foce del Fiume Simeto e area antistante la foce	IT	7 km	South

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Catania
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	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Catania
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Catania

Type of weather in Catania	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:01 Europe/Amsterdam