Cagliari: facts

At a glance

• Country: Italy
• Region: Sardinia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 149,257
• Coordinates: 39.2305° N, 9.1192° E
• Time zone: Europe/Rome (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Rome: 412 km (256 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG): 6.1 km (3.8 mi), straight line
• Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO): 171 km (106 mi), straight line
• Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB): 189 km (117 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Monserrato: 3.6 km (2.2 mi)
• Selargius: 4.9 km (3.0 mi)
• Quartucciu: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
• Elmas: 7.3 km (4.5 mi)
• Sestu: 7.9 km (4.9 mi)

Things to see

• Pinacoteca Nazionale (museum)
• Grotta della Vipera (archaeological site)
• Museo Etnografico Regionale - Collezione Cocco (museum)
• Museo civico d'arte siamese "Stefano Cardu" (museum)
• Museo delle cere anatomiche "Clemente Susini" (museum)
• National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari (museum)