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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.3787,Lat: 40.6262
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	11:12:20am
Name province/region	Campania
Name Subregion	Napoli
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sorrento

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Priora	1.5 km	SouthWest
2 Sant'Agnello	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Pontone	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Marina di Puolo	2.8 km	West
5 Piano di Sorrento	2.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	211 km	NorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	214 km	NorthWest
3 San Marino	San-marino	399 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sorrento lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest).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 44.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vesuvio with a height of 1277 meter (at a distance of 22.3 km and direction North).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Vesuvius (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 21.9 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 214.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 300 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 43%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 30 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

4.8%

Nature

7 km2

17.3%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

63.2%

Urban area

5.9 km2

14.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sorrento in country Italy

Sorrento at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	Italy	16 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Costiera Amalfitana	Italy	19 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Naples	Italy	27 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fondali marini di Punta Campanella e Capri	IT	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sorrento

Type of weather in Sorrento	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:59 Europe/Amsterdam