Hotels at Valkeala booking.com

Valkeala

Booking.com

Valkeala

General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.7987,Lat: 60.9411
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	16:56:56pm
Name province/region	Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Kymenlaakso#Kymmenedalen
Name Kunta	Kouvola

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Utti	9.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kouvola	9.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kuusankoski	10 km	SouthWest
4 Kytöaho	10.9 km	SouthWest
5 Koria	14.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	133 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	205 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	469 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 45 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kymijoki main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Kymijoki-Gulf of Finland. The nearest bigger lake is Lappalanjärvi (14.4 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 69.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Lounais-Savon järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 121 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.8 km2

49.3%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

10.1 km2

12.9%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.2%

Water - Lakes

19.8 km2

25.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valkeala in country Finland

Valkeala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	16 km	NorthWest
2 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	132 km	SouthWest
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	170 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lappalanjrven lahdet ja Kytlnlampi	FI	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Valkeala
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Valkeala
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valkeala

Type of weather in Valkeala	clear sky
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	35 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	17 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	03:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam