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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.9137,Lat: 47.2162
Elevation	779 meter above sea level
Local time	23:22:59pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Steiermark
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirkshauptmannschaft)	Murtal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Glein	2.8 km	NorthEast
2 Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld	4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ugendorf	4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld	4.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Gobernitz	5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	133 km	South
2 Wien	Austria	156 km	NorthEast
3 Zagreb	Croatia	177 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 189 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Drau, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hirzmann Stausee (0.5 km² at a height of around 707 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Gaberl with a height of 1547 meter (at a distance of 12 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 63.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 70%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Zentralalpen - südöstlicher Teil

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 116 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

55.4 km2

70.5%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

20 km2

25.4%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rachau in country Austria

Rachau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg	Austria	40 km	EastSouthEast
2 Semmering Railway	Austria	84 km	NorthEast
3 Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Austria	103 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ober- und Mittellauf der Mur mit Puxer Auwald, Puxer Wand und Gulsen	AT	4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rachau

Type of weather in Rachau	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:17 Europe/Amsterdam