Elevation of Matera, Basilicata, Italy
Matera, Basilicata, Italy is 405 m (1,329 ft) above sea level.
Matera's height from sea level is 405 metres, or 1,329 feet. GeoNames reads 399 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 401 m.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 311 m across the 9 km square centred on the town, 346 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Matera
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 25.3 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Matera; the vertical scale is the same on both.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Matera
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginosa (Apulia) | 16 km | SE | 239 m (784 ft) | −166 m |
| Laterza (Apulia) | 16.9 km | E | 349 m (1,145 ft) | −56 m |
| Altamura (Apulia) | 18.5 km | N | 463 m (1,519 ft) | +58 m |
| Santeramo in Colle (Apulia) | 18.8 km | NE | 491 m (1,611 ft) | +86 m |
| Gravina in Puglia (Apulia) | 23.1 km | NW | 380 m (1,247 ft) | −25 m |
Peaks and passes near Matera
- Monte Santa Trinità, hill at 411 m (1,348 ft), 21.7 km to the E — 6 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Matera is
Latitude 40.6686534, longitude 16.6060872. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Matera's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 399 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.