Sardinia and Sicily are both islands of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sardinia and Sicily regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sardinia bigger than Sicily?
The total area of Sardinia is 24,090 sq km, and the total area of Sicily is 25,711 sq km. Sardinia is smaller than Sicily by 1,621 sq km. Sardinia is around 1.06 times smaller than Sicily.
Area of Sardinia: 24,090 sq mi ( 9,300 km2 )
Area of Sicily: 9,927 sq mi (25,711 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sardinia as of 2019 was estimated to be around 1.64 Million.
Based on Eurostat data, the total population of Sicily as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5 Million.
Here is some more data comparison between Sardinia and Sicily.
The capital city of Sardinia is Cagliari, and the capital city of Sicily is Palermo.
Official Languages
Sardinia: Italian
Sicily: Italian
Human Development Index
HDI of Sardinia as of 2018: 0.858
HDI of Sicily as of 2018: 0.838
Sardinia Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Sicily Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Sardinia and Sicily are in the same Time Zones.
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sardinia:
40° 0′ 0″ N, 9° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Sicily:
37° 30′ 0″ N, 14° 0′ 0″ E
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