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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.6822,Lat: 41.7828
Elevation	392 meter above sea level
Local time	5:07:27am
Name province/region	Lazio
Name Subregion	Roma
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grottaferrata

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pratone-Belvedere	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rocca di Papa	3.1 km	SouthEast
3 Armetta	3.2 km	North
4 Pantanelle	3.9 km	West
5 Frascati	4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	19 km	NorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	23 km	WestNorthWest
3 San Marino	San-marino	239 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Middle Appenines - Tyrrhenian, part of the larger catchment area Middle Appenines River Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lago Albano (5.8 km² at a height of around 292 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Iano with a height of 956 meter (at a distance of 5.7 km and direction SouthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Lake Albano (Caldera) at a distance of 6 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 22.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 11%, hill: 61%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (at a distance of 7.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

21.4%

Nature

3.5 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

35 km2

44.5%

Viticulture

7.1 km2

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.8%

Water - Lakes

5.4 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grottaferrata in country Italy

Grottaferrata at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villa Adriana (Tivoli)	Italy	19 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura	Holy See,Italy	20 km	NorthWest
3 Villa d'Este, Tivoli	Italy	22 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lago di Albano	IT	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grottaferrata

Type of weather in Grottaferrata	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:26 Europe/Amsterdam