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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.378,Lat: 40.6035
Elevation	438 meter above sea level
Local time	16:46:22pm
Name province/region	Basilicata
Name Subregion	Matera
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grottole

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grassano	8.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Salandra	9.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Miglionico	11.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ferrandina	13.1 km	SouthEast
5 Garaguso	14.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	302 km	EastNorthEast
2 Podgorica	Montenegro	317 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	356 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sinni, Agri, Basento*, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di San Giuliano (12 km² at a height of around 74 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Verrutoli with a height of 634 meter (at a distance of 18.3 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Montenegrin-Croatian border with a straight distance of 270.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 379 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 31%, hill: 67%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 180 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

15.1%

Nature

12.1 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

53.5 km2

68.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grottole in country Italy

Grottole at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	21 km	EastNorthEast
2 Castel del Monte	Italy	54 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Trulli of Alberobello	Italy	76 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lago S. Giuliano e Timmari	IT	5.7 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grottole

Type of weather in Grottole	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:07 Europe/Amsterdam