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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.0132,Lat: 57.838
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	5:59:55am
Name province/region	Võrumaa
Name Subregion	Võru

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Võrumõisa	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Võlsi	2 km	SouthWest
3 Kirumpää	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Kose	3.1 km	SouthEast
5 Meegomäe	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	198 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	223 km	NorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	287 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 152 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Narva main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Tamula (2 km² at a height of around 69 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vällämägi with a height of 304 meter (at a distance of 11.9 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 23.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 208 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 56 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.9 km2

43.1%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

32%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Võru in country Estonia

Võru at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	78 km	EastNorthEast
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	142 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	199 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tamula järve	EE	0.7 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Võru linn

Type of weather in Võru linn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	04:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:16 Europe/Amsterdam