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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.71,Lat: 46.1191
Elevation	258 meter above sea level
Local time	2:17:41am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Brissago

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Bartolomeo	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Pino Lago Maggiore	3 km	SouthEast
3 Ronco sopra Ascona	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Tronzano Lago Maggiore	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Scaiano	4.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	129 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	134 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	284 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 188 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 0.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago Maggiore with a height of 193 meter (at a distance of 1.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 25%, high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Insubrische Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard insubrien des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.8 km2

44.3%

Nature

10.7 km2

13.6%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

29.8 km2

37.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brissago in country Switzerland

Brissago 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	26 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	30 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	39 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brissago

Type of weather in Brissago	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:30 Europe/Amsterdam