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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.9194,Lat: 38.6811
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	23:18:13pm
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Vibo Valentia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Parghelia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fitili	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Drapia	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Tropea	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Zaccanopoli	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Daffinacello	2.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	332 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	446 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	458 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Parghelia lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Angitola (1.8 km² at a height of around 145 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Poro with a height of 710 meter (at a distance of 8.5 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 373.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 523 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 21%, hill: 54%, low mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 154 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 38 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.2 km2

20.8%

Nature

2 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

28.5 km2

64.8%

Urban area

3.2 km2

7.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Parghelia in country Italy

Parghelia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	88 km	WestSouthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	131 km	SouthWest
3 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	185 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zona costiera fra Briatico e Nicotera	IT	0.3 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Parghelia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Parghelia

Type of weather in Parghelia	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:53 Europe/Amsterdam