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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.2914,Lat: 37.8535
Elevation	145 meter above sea level
Local time	18:05:31pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Taormina

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mazzarò	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Villagonia	1 km	SouthWest
3 Castelmola	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Mazzeo	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Giardini-Naxos	4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	227 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	505 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	508 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Taormina lies at the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 63.4 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Montagna Grande with a height of 1374 meter (at a distance of 12.8 km and direction NorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 28.8 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 461.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 646 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 42%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 47 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

3.2%

Nature

7.8 km2

19.7%

Agriculture

25.2 km2

63.6%

Urban area

5 km2

12.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Taormina in country Italy

Taormina at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	28 km	WestSouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	76 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	87 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Isola Bella, Capo Taormina e Capo S. Andrea	IT	0.6 km	EastSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Taormina

Type of weather in Taormina	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:03 Europe/Amsterdam