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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9539,Lat: 46.0278
Elevation	391 meter above sea level
Local time	2:17:48am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Porza

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Comano	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Savosa	0.7 km	SouthWest
3 Cureglia	1.1 km	NorthWest
4 Canobbio	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Vezia	1.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	131 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	155 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	282 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 178 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 di Lugano (Luganer See) (26.9 km² at a height of around 270 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Generoso with a height of 1701 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 4.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.8 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 63%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 12%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 4.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.9 km2

40.7%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

2.4%

Urban area

34.3 km2

43.7%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

7.4 km2

9.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porza in country Switzerland

Porza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	16 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	18 km	EastSouthEast
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	19 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Comano

Type of weather in Comano	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam