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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2582,Lat: 45.7827
Elevation	481 meter above sea level
Local time	3:09:23am
Name province/region	Piemonte
Name Subregion	Vercelli
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Varallo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Roccapietra	1.8 km	NorthEast
2 Doccio	1.9 km	South
3 Quarona	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Valmaggiore	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Varallo	3.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	144 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	179 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	237 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 155 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Upper - Tanaro, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago d'Orta (17.5 km² at a height of around 289 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.9 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Barone with a height of 2044 meter (at a distance of 9.3 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 18%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 42%, high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
STS. 9.IV Alpes Valsésiennes méridionales
SPG.9.IV.A. Alpes Biellaises
STS. 9.IV Alpes Valsésiennes méridionales
SPG.9.IV.A. Alpes Biellaises

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

64 km2

81.5%

Nature

6.7 km2

8.5%

Agriculture

3.3 km2

4.1%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Locarno in country Italy

Locarno at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	47 km	SouthWest
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	52 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	74 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Laghetto di Sant'Agostino	IT	1.7 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quarona

Type of weather in Quarona	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam