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Messina Province
Port of Messina, province of Messina
Province of Messina, Sicily

Messina Province

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The province of Messina covers an area of 3,247 sq.km. which includes the Aeolian Islands. It borders the province of Palermo to the west, the provinces of Enna and Catania tot he south, the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north and the Ionian Sea to the east.

Messina Province
Province of Messina, Sicily
The province is mainly mountainous except for the plains around the rives and the immediate coastal area, which is where most of the inhabitants live. It is separated from mainland Italy by the Messina Straits and is only three kilometres away from the region of Calabria.

Messina Province
Milazzo - Photo: Clemensfranz
The capital city is Messina and the second city is Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.

Messina Province
Taormina with Mount Etna in the background - Photo: John Menard
Other main towns in the province of Messina are:
  • Milazzo
  • Patti
  • Capo d'Orlando
  • Sant'Agata Militello
  • Lipari
  • Taormina
  • Santa Teresa di Riva
  • Giadini Naxos


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        Alessandria della Rocca
        Aragona
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        Caltabellotta
        Camastra
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        Lampedusa e Linosa
        Licata
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        Montevago
        Naro
        Palma di Montechiaro
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        Raffadali
        Ravanusa
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        San Biagio Platani
        San Giovanni Gemini
        Santa Elisabetta
        Santa Margherita di Belice
        Sant’Angelo Muxaro
        Santo Stefano Quisquina
        Sciacca
        Siculiana
        Villafranca Sicula

    • Caltanissetta
      • Acquaviva Platani
        Bompensiere
        Butera
        Caltanissetta
        Campofranco
        Delia
        Gela
        Marianopoli
        Mazzarino
        Milena
        Montedoro
        Mussomeli
        Niscemi
        Resuttano
        Riesi
        San Cataldo
        Santa Caterina Villarmosa
        Serradifalco
        Sommatino
        Sutera
        Vallelunga Pratameno
        Villalba

    • Catania
      • Aci Bonaccorsi
        Aci Castello
        Aci Catena
        Aci Sant’Antonio
        Acireale
        Adrano
        Belpasso
        Biancavilla
        Bronte
        Calatabiano
        Caltagirone
        Camporotondo Etneo
        Castel di Iudica
        Castiglione di Sicilia
        Catania
        Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
        Giarre
        Grammichele
        Gravina di Catania
        Licodia Eubea
        Linguaglossa
        Maletto
        Maniace
        Mascali
        Mascalucia
        Mazzarrone
        Militello in Val di Catania
        Milo
        Mineo
        Mirabella Imbaccari
        Misterbianco
        Motta Sant’Anastasia
        Nicolosi
        Palagonia
        Paternò
        Pedara
        Piedimonte Etneo
        Raddusa
        Ragalna
        Ramacca
        Randazzo
        Riposto
        San Cono
        San Giovanni la Punta
        San Gregorio di Catania
        San Michele di Ganzaria
        San Pietro Clarenza
        Santa Maria di Licodia
        Santa Venerina
        Sant’Agata Li Battiati
        Sant’Alfio
        Scordia
        Trecastagni
        Tremestieri Etneo
        Valverde
        Viagrande
        Vizzini
        Zafferana Etnea

    • Enna
      • Agira
        Aidone
        Assoro
        Barrafranca
        Calascibetta
        Catenanuova
        Centuripe
        Cerami
        Enna
        Gagliano Castelferrato
        Leonforte
        Nicosia
        Nissoria
        Piazza Armerina
        Pietraperzia
        Regalbuto
        Sperlinga
        Troina
        Valguarnera Caropepe
        Villarosa

    • Messina
      • Acquedolci
        Alcara Li Fusi
        Alì
        Alì Terme
        Antillo
        Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
        Basicò
        Brolo
        Capizzi
        Capo d’Orlando
        Capri Leone
        Caronia
        Casalvecchio Siculo
        Castel di Lucio
        Castell’Umberto
        Castelmola
        Castroreale
        Cesarò
        Condrò
        Falcone
        Ficarra
        Fiumedinisi
        Floresta
        Fondachelli-Fantina
        Forza d’Agrò
        Francavilla di Sicilia
        Frazzanò
        Furci Siculo
        Furnari
        Gaggi
        Galati Mamertino
        Gallodoro
        Giardini-Naxos
        Gioiosa Marea
        Graniti
        Gualtieri Sicaminò
        Itala
        Leni
        Letojanni
        Librizzi
        Limina
        Lipari
        Longi
        Malfa
        Malvagna
        Mandanici
        Mazzarrà Sant’Andrea
        Merì
        Messina
        Milazzo
        Militello Rosmarino
        Mirto
        Mistretta
        Moio Alcantara
        Monforte San Giorgio
        Mongiuffi Melia
        Montagnareale
        Montalbano Elicona
        Motta Camastra
        Motta d’Affermo
        Naso
        Nizza di Sicilia
        Novara di Sicilia
        Oliveri
        Pace del Mela
        Pagliara
        Patti
        Pettineo
        Piraino
        Raccuja
        Reitano
        Roccafiorita
        Roccalumera
        Roccavaldina
        Roccella Valdemone
        Rodì Milici
        Rometta
        San Filippo del Mela
        San Fratello
        San Marco D’Alunzio
        San Pier Niceto
        San Piero Patti
        San Salvatore di Fitalia
        San Teodoro
        Santa Domenica Vittoria
        Santa Lucia del Mela
        Santa Marina Salina
        Santa Teresa di Riva
        Sant’Agata di Militello
        Sant’Alessio Siculo
        Sant’Angelo di Brolo
        Santo Stefano di Camastra
        Saponara
        Savoca
        Scaletta Zanclea
        Sinagra
        Spadafora
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        Terme Vigliatore
        Torregrotta
        Torrenova
        Tortorici
        Tripi
        Tusa
        Ucria
        Valdina
        Venetico
        Villafranca Tirrena

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      • Alia
        Alimena
        Aliminusa
        Altavilla Milicia
        Altofonte
        Bagheria
        Balestrate
        Baucina
        Belmonte Mezzagno
        Bisacquino
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        Caccamo
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        Campofelice di Roccella
        Campofiorito
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        Capaci
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        Castelbuono
        Casteldaccia
        Castellana Sicula
        Castronovo di Sicilia
        Cefalà Diana
        Cefalù
        Cerda
        Chiusa Sclafani
        Ciminna
        Cinisi
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        Contessa Entellina
        Corleone
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        Gangi
        Geraci Siculo
        Giardinello
        Giuliana
        Godrano
        Gratteri
        Isnello
        Isola delle Femmine
        Lascari
        Lercara Friddi
        Marineo
        Mezzojuso
        Misilmeri
        Monreale
        Montelepre
        Montemaggiore Belsito
        Palazzo Adriano
        Palermo
        Partinico
        Petralia Soprana
        Petralia Sottana
        Piana degli Albanesi
        Polizzi Generosa
        Pollina
        Prizzi
        Roccamena
        Roccapalumba
        San Cipirello
        San Giuseppe Jato
        San Mauro Castelverde
        Santa Cristina Gela
        Santa Flavia
        Sciara
        Scillato
        Sclafani Bagni
        Termini Imerese
        Terrasini
        Torretta
        Trabia
        Trappeto
        Ustica
        Valledolmo
        Ventimiglia di Sicilia
        Vicari
        Villabate
        Villafrati

    • Ragusa
      • Acate
        Chiaramonte Gulfi
        Comiso
        Giarratana
        Ispica
        Modica
        Monterosso Almo
        Pozzallo
        Ragusa
        Santa Croce Camerina
        Scicli
        Vittoria

    • Siracusa
      • Augusta
        Avola
        Buccheri
        Buscemi
        Canicattini Bagni
        Carlentini
        Cassaro
        Ferla
        Floridia
        Francofonte
        Lentini
        Melilli
        Noto
        Pachino
        Palazzolo Acreide
        Portopalo di Capo Passero
        Priolo Gargallo
        Rosolini
        Siracusa
        Solarino
        Sortino

    • Trapani
      • Alcamo
        Buseto Palizzolo
        Calatafimi Segesta
        Campobello di Mazara
        Castellammare del Golfo
        Castelvetrano
        Custonaci
        Erice
        Favignana
        Gibellina
        Marsala
        Mazara del Vallo
        Paceco
        Pantelleria
        Partanna
        Petrosino
        Poggioreale
        Salaparuta
        Salemi
        San Vito Lo Capo
        Santa Ninfa
        Trapani
        Valderice
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  High Low Sun Rain
Jan 9 2 3 55
Feb 11 3 4 53
Mar 13 4 5 63
Apr 17 7 6 55
May 21 11 8 35
Jun 25 15 9 44
Jul 28 17 10 34
Aug 28 17 9 54
Sep 25 14 7 61
Oct 20 11 6 74
Nov 15 8 4 71
Dec 12 3 3 77
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High - Average monthly high temperatures
Low - Average monthly low temperatures
Sun - Average hours of sunshine per day
Rain - Average monthly rainfall in mm
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