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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.9111,Lat: 67.6546
Elevation	176 meter above sea level
Local time	20:08:34pm
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Kittilä

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Levi	17.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Kaukonen	19.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Äkäslompolo	32.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Kolari	59.5 km	SouthWest
5 Riipi	60.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	833 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	917 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	987 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 206 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ounasjoki, part of the larger catchment area Kemijoki. The nearest bigger lake is Riikonjärvi (2.2 km² at a distance of 11.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Levi with a height of 530 meter (at a distance of 14.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 54.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 85%, hill: 15%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Aapa-Lapin seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 335 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kittilä Airport (at a distance of 5.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.6 km2

52.9%

Nature

15.8 km2

20.1%

Wet nature

12.6 km2

16.1%

Agriculture

2.2 km2

2.8%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kittilä in country Finland

Kittilä at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	255 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	265 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Laponian Area	Sweden	317 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
OUNASJOKI	FI	0.8 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kittilä
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kittilä

Type of weather in Kittilä	light snow
Current temperature:	-8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	4 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:16 Europe/Amsterdam