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Rakvere

General information - Location

CountryEstonia
Location in country North
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 26.3644,Lat: 59.3453 marker
Elevation81 meter above sea level
Local time18:17:25pm
Population15000 (8th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Maakond)Lääne-Virumaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Linn)Rakvere

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Ussimäe0.8 km East
2 Taaravainu2.2 km SouthWest
3 Tõrremäe2.5 km WestNorthWest
4 Tõrma2.8 km South
5 Piira2.9 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TallinnEstonia95 km West
2 Helsinki   Finland123 km NorthWest
3 Rīga   Latvia296 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named East Estonia coastal: Purtse, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Porkuni (0.7 km2 at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 84.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   10.7 km2 
 13.6% 
 Nature   5 km2 
 6.4% 
 Agriculture   50.9 km2 
 64.8% 
 Urban area   10.2 km2 
 12.9% 
 Infrastructure   0.5 km2 
 0.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Rakvere in country Estonia


Rakvere at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Struve Geodetic ArcBelarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine32 km South
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of TallinnEstonia93 km West
3 Fortress of SuomenlinnaFinland119 km NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
MädapeaEE5.7 km SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Rakvere

Type of weather in Rakverelight snow weericoon
Current temperature: -1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 982 mb
Humidity: 92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:7 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :14:37 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Rakvere - EE (longitude: 26.3644, latitude: 59.3453)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZO): 0.01 Kilometers

19:00
-0 degrees
982 mbar
light snowweericoon
22:00
-2 degrees
983 mbar
light snowweericoon
1:00
-2 degrees
984 mbar
light snowweericoon
4:00
-2 degrees
986 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
7:00
-1 degrees
988 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
10:00
-0 degrees
990 mbar
light snowweericoon
13:00
-2 degrees
992 mbar
light snowweericoon
16:00
-2 degrees
994 mbar
light snowweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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