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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.4851,Lat: 40.6291
Elevation	320 meter above sea level
Local time	11:02:02am
Name province/region	Campania
Name Subregion	Salerno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Positano

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montepertuso	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Arienzo	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nocelle	1.6 km	East
4 Moiano	3.1 km	NorthWest
5 Ticciano	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	217 km	NorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	221 km	NorthWest
3 San Marino	San-marino	403 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Positano lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sele, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Patria (2.1 km² at a height of around 3 meter above sea level) at a distance of 50.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vesuvio with a height of 1277 meter (at a distance of 22.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Vesuvius (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 21.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 220.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 309 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 8%, hill: 29%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 30%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 33 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.5 km2

44%

Nature

18.1 km2

35.4%

Agriculture

9 km2

17.6%

Urban area

1.6 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Positano in country Italy

Positano at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Costiera Amalfitana	Italy	10 km	East
2 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	Italy	13 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Naples	Italy	31 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fondali marini di Punta Campanella e Capri	IT	0.2 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Positano

Type of weather in Positano	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:07 Europe/Amsterdam