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General information - Location

Country	Malta
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.5012,Lat: 35.9126
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	2:45:02am
Population	14000 (5th largest city in country)
At island	Malta
Name province/region (Kunsilli Lokali)	Sliema

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gzira	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 San Giljan	1.2 km	West
3 Ta' Xbiex	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Valletta	1.9 km	SouthEast
5 San Gwann	2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Roma	Italy	681 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	684 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sliema lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Pantano Longarini (1.1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 98.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dingli Cliffs with a height of 249 meter (at a distance of 12.8 km and direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malta International Airport (at a distance of 6.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Comiso Airport (at a distance of 119 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.7 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

9.9 km2

21.6%

Urban area

30.2 km2

65.7%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sliema in country Malta

Sliema at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Valletta	Malta	1.8 km	SouthEast
2 Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum	Malta	4.6 km	South
3 Megalithic Temples of Malta	Malta	26 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zona fil-Bahar bejn Il-Ponta ta’ San Dimitri (Ghawdex) u Il-Qaliet	MT	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Sliema
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Sliema
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sliema

Type of weather in Sliema	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:50 Europe/Amsterdam