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Acireale
Sicilytown
Total population
50,608
Air quality index
Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Set in Sicily, Italy, Acireale is recorded in open geodata as a sizeable town. Around 50,608 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Its coordinates of 37.613°, 15.166° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The latitude suggests warm summers and cool winters. The town belongs to the Catania administrative unit. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,709 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 67% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves442
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves375
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves322
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves285
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves259
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves257
- European SerinSerinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves232
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves201
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-03-211 km SSE of Reitano, Italy
- M 4.5 — 2026-03-044 km ESE of Catania, Italy
- M 4.2 — 2026-01-184 km N of Santa Domenica Vittoria, Italy
- M 4.7 — 2025-04-1634 km SSE of Palizzi Marina, Italy
- M 4.1 — 2023-10-2712 km N of Milazzo, Italy
- M 4.2 — 2023-04-2121 km ESE of Acitrezza, Italy
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Sicily
- Santa Maria la Scala0.5 mi away · pop. 813
- Sciarelle1 mi away · pop. 482
- San Cosimo1.2 mi away · pop. 2,017
- Aci Platani1.2 mi away · pop. 3,233
- Santa Maria delle Grazie1.4 mi away · pop. 745
- Piano d'Api1.6 mi away · pop. 1,559
- Balatelle1.6 mi away · pop. 1,145
- Santa Tecla1.7 mi away · pop. 1,006
- Aci San Filippo2.2 mi away · pop. 5,206
- Santa Maria Ammalati2.4 mi away · pop. 2,022
- Capomulini2.5 mi away · pop. 308
- Maugeri2.7 mi away · pop. 640
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Acireale
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Acireale, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics
- ISTAT code
- 087004
- Province
- Catania (CT)
- Region
- Sicilia
- NUTS3 (2024)
- ITG17
- Codice catastale
- A028
Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library
- • ISTAT — Italian national statistics (Elenco comuni italiani), via istat.it (official ISTAT code, province, region, NUTS3, codice catastale)
- • ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics — Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)