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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.877,Lat: 46.4022
Elevation	532 meter above sea level
Local time	18:39:40pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Leventina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Giornico

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cavagnago	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sobrio	1.9 km	East
3 Bodio	3.4 km	SouthEast
4 Chironico	3.4 km	NorthWest
5 Anzonico	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	96 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	125 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	318 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 219 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 (reservoir) is Lago del Sambuco (1.1 km² at a height of around 1460 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Piz Medel with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 24.1 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 28.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 9%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 28%, high mountains: 51%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Tallandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 44 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.6 km2

63.2%

Nature

18.4 km2

23.4%

Agriculture

4.8 km2

6.1%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giornico in country Switzerland

Giornico 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	26 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	53 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	57 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bodio

Type of weather in Bodio	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam