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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1569,Lat: 50.4054
Elevation	170 meter above sea level
Local time	17:02:55pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limburg-Weilburg
Name	Runkel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Runkel:Ennerich	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Runkel:Hofen	2.3 km	North
3 Runkel:Steeden	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Villmar	2.9 km	SouthEast
5 Runkel:Arfurt	3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	171 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	274 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	316 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 294 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Wiesensee (0.8 km² at a distance of 22.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 124.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 175 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 74%, hill: 26%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.2 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

57.7 km2

73.5%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Runkel in country Germany

Runkel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	42 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	69 km	SouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	69 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lahntal und seine Hänge	DE	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runkel

Type of weather in Runkel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam