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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.9021,Lat: 38.1426
Elevation	452 meter above sea level
Local time	7:26:08am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gioiosa Marea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maddalena	1 km	SouthEast
2 San Filippo	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Calabrò	2.4 km	SouthWest
4 Fiumara e Fiumara Serro	2.8 km	SouthEast
5 Salinà	2.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	250 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	462 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	465 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 44.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is la Colla with a height of 1611 meter (at a distance of 22.6 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 29.3 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 464.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 650 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 18%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 30%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 76 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 67 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.1 km2

12.4%

Nature

15.4 km2

20.9%

Agriculture

45.9 km2

62.5%

Urban area

3.1 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of San Francesco in country Italy

San Francesco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	38 km	North
2 Mount Etna	Italy	43 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	100 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Capo Calavà	IT	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gioiosa Marea

Type of weather in Gioiosa Marea	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:06 Europe/Amsterdam