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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.7639,Lat: 59.3716
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	21:20:29pm
Name province/region (Maakond)	Ida-Virumaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Vaivara

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sillamäe	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sinimäe	6.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Konju	8.5 km	West
4 Voka	11 km	West
5 Voka	11.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	174 km	West
2 Helsinki	Finland	183 km	WestNorthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	342 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is very close with only a distance of around 3 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 Roheline (1.6 km² at a height of around 27 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.2 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Sinimäe Tornimägi with a height of 85 meter (at a distance of 6.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 15.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pulkovo Airport (at a distance of 148 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.8 km2

53.4%

Nature

10.2 km2

14.4%

Agriculture

15.6 km2

22%

Urban area

6.4 km2

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vaivara in country Estonia

Vaivara at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	88 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russian Federation	157 km	NorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	172 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Udria	EE	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sillamäe

Type of weather in Sillamäe	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:14 Europe/Amsterdam