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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.5338,Lat: 40.6124
Elevation	145 meter above sea level
Local time	10:26:49am
Name province/region	Campania
Name Subregion	Salerno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Praiano

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mola	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Agerola	3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Tovere (San Pietro)	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Nocelle	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Arienzo	3.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	222 km	NorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	225 km	NorthWest
3 San Marino	San-marino	406 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praiano lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sele, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Patria (2.1 km² at a height of around 3 meter above sea level) at a distance of 54.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Vesuvius (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 24.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 225.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 315 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 12%, hill: 18%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 33%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.4 km2

37.5%

Nature

10.5 km2

31.8%

Agriculture

7.6 km2

22.9%

Urban area

2.6 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praiano in country Italy

Praiano at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Costiera Amalfitana	Italy	6.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	Italy	16 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Naples	Italy	35 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valloni della Costiera Amalfitana	IT	0.4 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Praiano

Type of weather in Praiano	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	40 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:55 Europe/Amsterdam