Palermo
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About
Palermo is a city in northwestern Sicily, southern Italy, located on the eponymous gulf facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo – the city's surrounding metropolitan province. With over 2,700 years of age, the city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palermo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Palermo
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
27° / 17°
UV High
Sat
Rain
21° / 16°
3.8 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
21° / 15°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
20° / 14°
UV Very high
Tue
Partly cloudy
22° / 14°
UV Very high
Wed
Partly cloudy
23° / 14°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 10°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.2h
05:56 – 20:08local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Palermo
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO) at 25 km.
Getting around Palermo
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Klone123.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.