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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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      • Aci Bonaccorsi
        Aci Castello
        Aci Catena
        Aci Sant’Antonio
        Acireale
        Adrano
        Belpasso
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        Bronte
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        Aidone
        Assoro
        Barrafranca
        Calascibetta
        Catenanuova
        Centuripe
        Cerami
        Enna
        Gagliano Castelferrato
        Leonforte
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        Nissoria
        Piazza Armerina
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        Regalbuto
        Sperlinga
        Troina
        Valguarnera Caropepe
        Villarosa

    • Messina
      • Acquedolci
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        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
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        Furnari
        Gaggi
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        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
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        Tusa
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        Valdina
        Venetico
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        Roccamena
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        San Mauro Castelverde
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        Trabia
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        Chiaramonte Gulfi
        Comiso
        Giarratana
        Ispica
        Modica
        Monterosso Almo
        Pozzallo
        Ragusa
        Santa Croce Camerina
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        Paceco
        Pantelleria
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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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