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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.7064,Lat: 53.9749
Elevation	117 meter above sea level
Local time	10:56:43am
Name province/region	Alytus
Name Subregion	Varėna
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kaniava

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dubičiai	5.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rudnia	11 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Kaniava	13.8 km	North
4 Panočiai	16.5 km	North
5 Kriviliai	20.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	89 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Minsk	Belarus	183 km	East
3 Warszawa	Poland	315 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 283 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nyoman main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is ež. Grūda (0.8 km² at a distance of 25.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Lithuanian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 0.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Hrodna Airport (at a distance of 60 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.8 km2

35.1%

Nature

0.7 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

2 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

56.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rakai in country Lithuania

Rakai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	88 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	102 km	North
3 Mir Castle Complex	Belarus	130 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cepkeliu pelke	LT	4.6 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Varėna

Type of weather in Varėna	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	04:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:12 Europe/Amsterdam