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General information - Location

CountryItaly
Location in country South
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 14.7681,Lat: 36.8482 marker
Elevation426 meter above sea level
Local time5:49:03am
At islandSicily
Name province/regionSicilia
Name SubregionRagusa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityModica

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Pirato2.5 km SouthSouthWest
2 Pietre Nere3.4 km East
3 Michelica3.8 km SouthEast
4 San Filippo4.6 km SouthSouthEast
5 Cappuccini I4.9 km East

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Valletta   Malta107 km South
2 RomaItaly589 km NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano   Vatican-city592 km NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Santa Rosalia (1.2 km2 at a height of around 372 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.3 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Renna with a height of 571 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 560.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 784 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 93%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern 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 73 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Comiso Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   3.1 km2 
 4% 
 Nature   7.1 km2 
 9.1% 
 Agriculture   57.2 km2 
 72.8% 
 Urban area   11.2 km2 
 14.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Modica in country Italy


Modica at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)Italy28 km EastNorthEast
2 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of PantalicaItaly53 km EastNorthEast
3 Villa Romana del CasaleItaly69 km NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Conca del SaltoIT1.8 km SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Modica

Type of weather in Modicabroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: North North West
Air pressure: 1019 mb
Humidity: 54 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:12 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:20 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Modica - IT (longitude: 14.7681, latitude: 36.8482)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZO): 0.01 Kilometers

7:00
11 degrees
1019 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
10:00
16 degrees
1018 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
13:00
18 degrees
1016 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
16:00
12 degrees
1016 mbar
clear skyweericoon
19:00
12 degrees
1016 mbar
clear skyweericoon
22:00
11 degrees
1015 mbar
clear skyweericoon
1:00
11 degrees
1014 mbar
clear skyweericoon
4:00
13 degrees
1013 mbar
clear skyweericoon










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