Hotels at Ascona booking.com

Ascona

Booking.com

Ascona

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7686,Lat: 46.1539
Elevation	213 meter above sea level
Local time	11:05:18am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ascona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Losone	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Arcegno	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Locarno	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Muralto	3.3 km	NorthEast
5 Ronco sopra Ascona	3.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	124 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	135 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	289 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 192 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.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 is Lago Maggiore (Langensee) (39.1 km² at a height of around 192 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago Maggiore with a height of 193 meter (at a distance of 6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.7 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 41%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 12%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is water.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.8 km2

36.6%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

2.4%

Urban area

15.3 km2

19.5%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

30.7 km2

39.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ascona in country Switzerland

Ascona at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	20 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	32 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	37 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Ascona
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Ascona
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ascona

Type of weather in Ascona	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:31 Europe/Amsterdam