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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8422,Lat: 46.1443
Elevation	192 meter above sea level
Local time	10:05:19am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gambarogno

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Magadino	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Piazzogna	1.6 km	SouthWest
3 Tenero	4.1 km	North
4 Locarno	4.2 km	NorthWest
5 Minusio	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	122 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	140 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	290 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 191 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 NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago Maggiore with a height of 193 meter (at a distance of 10 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 24%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 21%, high mountains: 9%, 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 58 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.6%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

7.5 km2

9.6%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

13.1 km2

16.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

19.3 km2

24.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vira (Gambarogno) in country Switzerland

Vira (Gambarogno) 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	15 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	29 km	South
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	32 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Magadino

Type of weather in Magadino	moderate rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam