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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.5231,Lat: 58.3798
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	5:31:49am
Population	40000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Pärnumaa
Name Subregion	Pärnu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tammiste	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sauga	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Paikuse	5.6 km	East
4 Papsaare	6.7 km	West
5 Silla	7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	116 km	North
2 Rīga	Latvia	160 km	South
3 Helsinki	Finland	201 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Pärnu lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Lavassaare (2 km² at a height of around 15 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 46.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 52%, low location: 48%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 5.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

23.9%

Nature

4.3 km2

7.7%

Wet nature

9.9 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

12.1%

Urban area

17.3 km2

31.2%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pärnu in country Estonia

Pärnu 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	118 km	North
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	129 km	NorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	161 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pärnu jõe	EE	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Pärnu
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pärnu linn

Type of weather in Pärnu linn	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	16 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	03:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam