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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.4812,Lat: 38.4179
Elevation	286 meter above sea level
Local time	1:12:01am
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Reggio di Calabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riace

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stignano	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Camini	1.4 km	North
3 Placanica	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Titi	4.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Riace Marina	5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	330 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	433 km	NorthEast
3 Podgorica	Montenegro	506 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lacina (3.9 km² at a height of around 990 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pecoraro with a height of 1423 meter (at a distance of 17.2 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 338.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 474 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 58%, hill: 41%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 164 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 58 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.4%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

58.7 km2

74.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riace in country Italy

Riace at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	135 km	West
2 Mount Etna	Italy	151 km	WestSouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	184 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallata dello Stilaro	IT	4.8 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riace

Type of weather in Riace	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:50 Europe/Amsterdam