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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.3496,Lat: 38.203
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	8:27:58am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torregrotta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monforte Marina	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tracoccia	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Fondachello	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Serro	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Valdina	2.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	265 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	474 km	NorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	477 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Torregrotta lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (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 79.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Poverello with a height of 1279 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 40.6 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 439.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 615 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 74%, hill: 19%, The hills are mainly northern 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 85 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 30 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11.3 km2

20.4%

Agriculture

32.2 km2

58.3%

Urban area

8.5 km2

15.4%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Torregrotta in country Italy

Torregrotta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	47 km	NorthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	59 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	126 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monti Peloritani, Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	IT	6.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torregrotta

Type of weather in Torregrotta	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:57 Europe/Amsterdam