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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9245,Lat: 45.9636
Elevation	433 meter above sea level
Local time	14:19:39pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lugano

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barbengo	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Agra	1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Carabbia	1.5 km	NorthEast
4 Figino	2.1 km	SouthWest
5 Carabietta	2.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	138 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	158 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	275 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 171 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 di Lugano (Luganer See) (26.9 km² at a height of around 270 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago di Lugano with a height of 271 meter (at a distance of 7 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 78%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 4.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.2 km2

38.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

20.8 km2

26.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

24.8 km2

31.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grancia in country Switzerland

Grancia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	8.3 km	South
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	19 km	East
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	27 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melide

Type of weather in Melide	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1032 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam