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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -3.5729,Lat: 57.5867 marker
Elevation79 meter above sea level
Local time3:27:33am
Name province/region (Country)Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)Moray
Name Forres

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Tulloch2.1 km EastSouthEast
2 Califer2.2 km EastNorthEast
3 Forres3.2 km NorthWest
4 Mains of Craigmill3.6 km SouthEast
5 Springfield4 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland203 km SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast   Northern-ireland365 km SouthWest
3 Douglas   Isle-of-man387 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Lochindorb (2 km2 at a distance of 20.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 218.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 306 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 86%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 183 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   31.4 km2 
 39.9% 
 Nature   1.7 km2 
 2.2% 
 Wet nature   0.1 km2 
 0.1% 
 Agriculture   41.1 km2 
 52.4% 
 Urban area   3.6 km2 
 4.5% 
 Water - Lakes   0.1 km2 
 0.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Rafford in country Scotland


Rafford at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland159 km NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland177 km South
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland184 km South


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Forres

Type of weather in Forresovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South
Air pressure: 982 mb
Humidity: 72 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:6 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :09:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :16:28 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Forres - GB (longitude: -3.5729, latitude: 57.5867)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZO): 0.01 Kilometers

7:00
11 degrees
983 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
8 degrees
990 mbar
light rainweericoon
13:00
7 degrees
994 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
6 degrees
996 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
5 degrees
997 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
22:00
5 degrees
997 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
1:00
4 degrees
998 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
4:00
4 degrees
1000 mbar
light rainweericoon










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