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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.6994,Lat: 37.4041
Elevation	511 meter above sea level
Local time	0:05:31am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Agrigento
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grotte

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Confine	0.6 km	East
2 Racalmuto	3.2 km	East
3 Comitini	5.1 km	West
4 Stazione di Aragona - Caldare	6.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Masaniello	7.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	181 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roma	Italy	506 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	508 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is LAGO SAN GIOVANNI (2.6 km² at a height of around 301 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Cammarata with a height of 1578 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 507.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 711 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 79%, low mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Falcone–Borsellino Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

68.5 km2

87.2%

Viticulture

2.8 km2

3.6%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grotte in country Italy

Grotte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Area of Agrigento	Italy	16 km	SouthWest
2 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	57 km	East
3 Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale	Italy	84 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte Conca	IT	7.3 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Grotte
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grotte

Type of weather in Grotte	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:06 Europe/Amsterdam