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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.985,Lat: 45.9213
Elevation	421 meter above sea level
Local time	18:20:07pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Melano
Other place with same name 1	Melano Marche - Ancona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rovio	1.3 km	North
2 Capolago	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Riva San Vitale	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Maroggia	2.1 km	NorthWest
5 Bissone	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	141 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	164 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	273 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 167 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 0.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago di Lugano with a height of 271 meter (at a distance of 1 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.9 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 32%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 36%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly western 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 11 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

54.8 km2

69.8%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

2.1%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

6.8 km2

8.7%

Water - Lakes

10 km2

12.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melano in country Switzerland

Melano at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	6.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	15 km	EastNorthEast
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	30 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Melano
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melano

Type of weather in Melano	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:47 Europe/Amsterdam