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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9396,Lat: 44.6953
Elevation	324 meter above sea level
Local time	14:42:58pm
Name province/region	Piemonte
Name Subregion	Alessandria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grondona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grondona	2.1 km	East
2 Varinella	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Vocemola	3.8 km	SouthWest
4 Borghetto di Borbera	3.8 km	North
5 Vignole Borbera	4.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Carlo	Monaco	162 km	SouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	275 km	North
3 Bern	Switzerland	276 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Bruno (0.3 km² at a height of around 646 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte delle Figne with a height of 1172 meter (at a distance of 16.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 115.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 162 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 81%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.1 km2

63.8%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

20.3 km2

25.8%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Rock-Sand

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Variana in country Italy

Variana at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli	Italy	31 km	South
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Italy	78 km	West
3 Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci	Italy	87 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Strette della Val Borbera	IT	4.6 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grondona

Type of weather in Grondona	light rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam