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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.429,Lat: 45.1625
Elevation	464 meter above sea level
Local time	20:12:55pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Vâlcea
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Runcu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Runcu	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gropeni	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Fedeleşoiu	2.9 km	SouthWest
4 Drăgăneşti	3.9 km	East
5 Olteni	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	154 km	EastSouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	289 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	316 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 344 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Dăeşti (1.6 km² at a distance of 3.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cozia with a height of 1668 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 148.6 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 208 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 68%, low mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 146 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 74 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.9 km2

48.3%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

29.5 km2

37.6%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vărateci in country Romania

Vărateci at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	32 km	West
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	101 km	WestNorthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	112 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valea Oltului Inferior	RO	7.5 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runcu

Type of weather in Runcu	few clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:47 Europe/Amsterdam