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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0385,Lat: 53.1444
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	8:13:37am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Oldambt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oostereinde	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Heiligerlee	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Napels	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Blauwestad	2.9 km	North
5 Westerlee	3.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	168 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	315 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	399 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Hondshalstermeer (1.4 km² at a distance of 11.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 9.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 180 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

3.8%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

52.2 km2

66.5%

Urban area

15 km2

19.1%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

5.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Winschoten in country Netherlands

Winschoten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	45 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	97 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	102 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rheiderland	DE	12 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 Winschoten

Type of weather in Winschoten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	05:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam