The City

Country: Italy

Region: Sicily

Province: Palermo

Coordinates: 38°07′N, 13°22′E

Population: 698,556

Area: 158 Km² (61 sq mi)

Frazioni: Mondello, Sferracavallo, Baida, Boccadifalco, Ciaculli

Time Zone: Italy operates on a 24-hour clock. The country is one hour ahead of GMT/UTC. When it's noon in Palermo , it's 3am in Los Angeles , 6am in New York , 11am in London and 9pm in Sidney. Daylight savings time runs from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.

Telephone Area Code: 091 (the area code is an intrinsic part of the number and must be used at all times). To phone in Italy you have to compose the prefix 0039 adding the telephone area code you need.

Postal code: 90100

Targa Automobilistica: PA

Altezza s.l.m. (Piazza Castelnuovo): 14 mt

Temperature January: 12 / 14 ° C

Temperature July: 26 / 30 ° C

Annual precipitation: 710 mm

Civil Airport: Falcone - Borsellino

Military Airport: Boccadifalco

Ports and harbours of Palermo and province:

A nord:

Acquasanta , Arenella, Addaura, Punta Celesi, Mondello, Fossa del Gallo, Sferracavallo, Isola delle Femmine, Terrasini, Balestrate.

A sud:

S. Erasmo, Bandita, Porticello, S.Nicola l'Arena, Termini Imerese, Cefalu' Presidiana, Cefalu' Porto Vecchio.

Isola di Ustica:

Cala Santa Maria

Gentilic: Palermitani

Patron: St. Rosalia - Day July 15