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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.7423,Lat: 37.9705
Elevation	510 meter above sea level
Local time	0:26:44am
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Reggio di Calabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montebello Ionico

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Masella	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Stinò	2 km	SouthWest
3 Montebello Ionico	2 km	NorthEast
4 Pentidattilo	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Caracciolino	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	254 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	514 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	514 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 Siderno Superiore (0.5 km² at a height of around 74 meter above sea level) at a distance of 58.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Grosso with a height of 1307 meter (at a distance of 19.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 419.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 588 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 26%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Southern Apennines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 14 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.4 km2

5.6%

Nature

25.6 km2

33.2%

Agriculture

41.8 km2

54.3%

Urban area

3 km2

3.9%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

1.7 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Placa in country Italy

Placa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	70 km	WestSouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	90 km	NorthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	108 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pentidattilo	IT	1.9 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Montebello Jonico

Type of weather in Montebello Jonico	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:48 Europe/Amsterdam