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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.5435,Lat: 58.9405
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:05pm
Name province/region	Läänemaa
Name Subregion	Haapsalu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paralepa	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Uuemõisa	2.2 km	East
3 Herjava	5.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Pürksi	7.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Jõõdre	9.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	84 km	NorthEast
2 Helsinki	Finland	158 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rīga	Latvia	224 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Haapsalu lies at the Baltic Sea (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Saaremõisa laht (0.5 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 125.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 175 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 54%, low location: 46%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kärdla Airport (at a distance of 41 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.4 km2

50.1%

Nature

5 km2

9.1%

Wet nature

5.2 km2

9.5%

Agriculture

8.5 km2

15.5%

Urban area

6.5 km2

11.9%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Haapsalu in country Estonia

Haapsalu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	87 km	NorthEast
2 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	157 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	161 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Väinamere	EE	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Haapsalu

Type of weather in Haapsalu	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:46 Europe/Amsterdam