Ciampino (pronounced [tʃamˈpiːno]) is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It was a frazione of Marino until 1974, when it became a comune; it obtained the city (Italian: città) status (being therefore officially known as Città di Ciampino) in 2004 by a presidential decree.
It is best known for the local "Giovan Battista Pastine" International Airport, best known as Rome Ciampino, a military airport which also hosts several civil flights, especially from low-cost companies such as Ryanair. The city is named after Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, a religious, scientist and archaeologist who lived here in the 17th century. It grew from 5,000 inhabitants in 1951 to 28,000 in 1971. Today, the city has circa 38,700 inhabitants.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Ciampino has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.1
| Climate data for Ciampino airport (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.0(53.6) | 13.0(55.4) | 15.8(60.4) | 18.8(65.8) | 23.3(73.9) | 28.1(82.6) | 31.0(87.8) | 31.6(88.9) | 26.7(80.1) | 22.2(72.0) | 16.9(62.4) | 12.7(54.9) | 21.0(69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.5(45.5) | 8.0(46.4) | 10.7(51.3) | 13.6(56.5) | 18.0(64.4) | 22.5(72.5) | 25.1(77.2) | 25.4(77.7) | 21.0(69.8) | 17.0(62.6) | 12.4(54.3) | 8.5(47.3) | 15.8(60.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4(38.1) | 3.4(38.1) | 5.9(42.6) | 8.6(47.5) | 12.6(54.7) | 16.7(62.1) | 19.3(66.7) | 19.8(67.6) | 16.0(60.8) | 12.4(54.3) | 8.5(47.3) | 4.7(40.5) | 10.9(51.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.6(2.58) | 62.8(2.47) | 58.6(2.31) | 68.6(2.70) | 56.9(2.24) | 30.1(1.19) | 19.8(0.78) | 30.2(1.19) | 64.9(2.56) | 88.1(3.47) | 108.2(4.26) | 98.3(3.87) | 752.1(29.62) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 74 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75.8 | 71.5 | 70.6 | 70.4 | 69.0 | 65.4 | 63.3 | 64.1 | 69.1 | 74.0 | 77.9 | 77.2 | 70.7 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 3.9(39.0) | 3.5(38.3) | 5.8(42.4) | 8.5(47.3) | 12.1(53.8) | 15.1(59.2) | 16.9(62.4) | 17.7(63.9) | 15.5(59.9) | 12.9(55.2) | 9.3(48.7) | 5.2(41.4) | 10.5(51.0) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 131.7 | 145.6 | 181.9 | 203.3 | 263.6 | 287.2 | 334.3 | 309.5 | 232.8 | 189.2 | 134.4 | 122.6 | 2,536.1 |
| Source: NOAA,2 (Sun 1981-20103) | |||||||||||||
Sports
A.S.D. Polisportiva Ciampino4 and Polisportiva Città di Ciampino (Pol.D. Città di Ciampino) were the football clubs of the city. The first team of Città di Ciampino withdrew from Eccellenza Lazio in 2018, focusing on youth sector.5
In the past, the city had another club, Associazione Polisportiva Dilettantistica Ciampino, which was folded in 2014 by selling its position in the league to A.S.D. Trastevere Calcio.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ciampino.- Official website (in Italian, English, French, Portuguese, German, and Spanish)
References
Climate Summary for Ciampino, Italy http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=93261&cityname=Ciampino%2C+Latium%2C+Italy&units= ↩
"WMO Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Rome-Ciampino" (CSV). ncei.noaa.gov (Excel). National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Italy/CSV/RomaCiampino_16239.csv ↩
"WMO Climate Normals for 1981-2010: Rome-Ciampino-16239" (XLS). ncei.noaa.gov (Excel). National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-VI/Italy/WMO_Normals_CliNo81-10.xls ↩
"ASD Polisportiva Ciampino". Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128122738/http://www.asdpolisportivaciampino.it/ ↩
"Ufficiale Città di Ciampino: niente Eccellenza il prossimo anno". Gazzetta Regionale (in Italian). Rome: Penna a Sfera Edizioni. 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190525060307/https://www.gazzettaregionale.it/notizie/ufficiale-citta-di-ciampino-niente-eccellenza-il-prossimo-anno ↩