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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.0824,Lat: 37.2817
Elevation	327 meter above sea level
Local time	15:52:14pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Caltanissetta
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riesi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sommatino	9.7 km	NorthWest
2 Ravanusa	10.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Mazzarino	11.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Butera	13.5 km	SouthEast
5 Campobello di Licata	15 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	157 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roma	Italy	526 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	529 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Lago Comunelli (0.8 km² at a height of around 93 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Cane with a height of 643 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 528.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 740 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 16%, hill: 84%, The hills are mainly western 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 Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Comiso Airport (at a distance of 56 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.8%

Nature

4.8 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

67.7 km2

86.1%

Viticulture

2.5 km2

3.1%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riesi in country Italy

Riesi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	24 km	EastNorthEast
2 Archaeological Area of Agrigento	Italy	44 km	West
3 Mount Etna	Italy	97 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pizzo Muculufa	IT	6.8 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riesi

Type of weather in Riesi	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:04 Europe/Amsterdam