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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.6044,Lat: 58.3697
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	4:15:26am
Population	17000 (7th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Maakond)	Viljandimaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Linn)	Viljandi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Viiratsi	2.2 km	East
2 Peetrimõisa	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Jämejala	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Karula	3.7 km	North
5 Vana-Võidu	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	129 km	NorthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	180 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	205 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Viljandi (1.4 km² at a height of around 41 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Sürgavere with a height of 128 meter (at a distance of 13.6 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 36.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 125 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 64 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.6 km2

13.5%

Nature

5.3 km2

6.7%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

46.5 km2

59.2%

Urban area

10.4 km2

13.3%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viljandi in country Estonia

Viljandi 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	87 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	129 km	NorthWest
3 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	173 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Viljandi	EE	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Viljandi
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	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viljandi

Type of weather in Viljandi	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:25 Europe/Amsterdam