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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.7857,Lat: 39.1137
Elevation	354 meter above sea level
Local time	22:34:57pm
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Crotone
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Petilia Policastro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Camellino	2.3 km	NorthWest
2 Foresta	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Località San Demetrio	3.5 km	NorthWest
4 Ospedale	3.6 km	NorthWest
5 Pagliarelle	4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	358 km	NorthEast
2 Valletta	Malta	409 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Podgorica	Montenegro	425 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 22 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ampollino (4.4 km² at a height of around 1278 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Gariglione with a height of 1765 meter (at a distance of 12.6 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 286.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 402 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 6%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 237 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Crotone Airport (at a distance of 29 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.9 km2

29.1%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

48.4 km2

61.7%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petilia Policastro in country Italy

Petilia Policastro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	172 km	North
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	175 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	183 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marchesato e Fiume Neto	IT	2.9 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Petilia Policastro

Type of weather in Petilia Policastro	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:51 Europe/Amsterdam