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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.6647,Lat: 63.074
Elevation	97 meter above sea level
Local time	4:10:55am
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Pohjois-Savo#Norra Savolax
Name Kunta	Siilinjärvi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Toivala	10.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vuorela	10.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pellonpää	12.5 km	West
4 Alapitkä	15.4 km	NorthWest
5 Kuopio	20.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	353 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	436 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	663 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 229 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Kallavesi (913.8 km² at a height of around 81 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puijo with a height of 232 meter (at a distance of 16.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 136.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Pohjois-Savon järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 337 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuopio Airport (at a distance of 10 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32 km2

40.7%

Nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

17.2 km2

21.9%

Urban area

11.8 km2

15%

Water - Lakes

12.2 km2

15.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Siilinjärvi in country Finland

Siilinjärvi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	156 km	SouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	230 km	South
3 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	322 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kitkukallio	FI	12 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Siilinjärvi

Type of weather in Siilinjärvi	clear sky
Current temperature:	-19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	4 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:26 Europe/Amsterdam