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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.8111,Lat: 40.6434
Elevation	731 meter above sea level
Local time	3:09:31am
Name province/region	Basilicata
Name Subregion	Potenza
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Potenza

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Masseria Viggiani	3.9 km	West
2 Varco d'Izzo	4.4 km	East
3 Masseria Cavalieri	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Giuliano	5.5 km	NorthWest
5 Case Capoiazzo I	6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	310 km	WestNorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	314 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tirane	Albania	347 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 65 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sinni, Agri, Basento*, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago Pantano di Pignola (1.4 km² at a height of around 797 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Li Foi di Picerno with a height of 1350 meter (at a distance of 9.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Croatian-Bosnian border with a straight distance of 292.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 410 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 54%, moderate high mountains: 46%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. 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 Naples International Airport (at a distance of 132 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

4.7%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

60.2 km2

76.7%

Urban area

9.3 km2

11.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Potenza in country Italy

Potenza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	61 km	SouthWest
2 Castel del Monte	Italy	63 km	NorthEast
3 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	68 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bosco di Rifreddo	IT	7.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Potenza

Type of weather in Potenza	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:57 Europe/Amsterdam