Sorrento, Piedmont, Italy

Sorrento is a municipality of 15.809 inhabitants located in the Turin province in the Italian region of Piedmont in Northern Italy.

It has a population density of 1.588 people per km² and an altitude of 50 metres above the sea level.

Sorrento accounts for about 0.70% of the total population in the province of Turin and about 0.02623% of the overall population of Italy as of 2022.

About Sorrento

Some of the main attractions are the Piazza Tasso, the Marina Grande, the Cloister of San Francesco, and the Correale Museum. Sorrento is also a great base for exploring nearby destinations such as Capri, Pompeii, and the Amalfi Coast.

Sorrento has a long and rich history that dates back to ancient times. It was founded by the Greeks as Surrentum and later became part of the Roman Empire.

In the Middle Ages, it was an independent duchy that resisted the invasions of the Saracens and the Normans. It then followed the fate of the Kingdom of Naples, under various rulers such as the Angevins, the Aragonese, and the Bourbons.

In the 19th century, Sorrento became a popular tourist destination, attracting many famous artists and writers such as Byron, Keats, Goethe, and Wagner.

Sorrento is classified as a Climate Zone , which means it is . The local climate is characterized by winters which are long and cold and summers which are dry and very hot. There are frequent precipitations in autumn and spring, and fog is not uncommon.

The province of Turin experiences on average 59.69 days of hot temperatures (over 30°C) and 13.61 cold temperature days (<5°C) per year.

Precipitation in the form of rain or snow occurs around 87.12 days per year. There are 7.99 foggy days throughout the year.

The municipality of Sorrento enjoys approximately 7.5 hours of sunshine per day. This means that the town experiences an average of 304.17 sunny days in a year.

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