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General information - Location

CountrySlovenia
Location in country Northeast
Location in EuropeCentral Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 15.1056,Lat: 46.3534 marker
Elevation450 meter above sea level
Local time8:24:57am
Population25000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/regionVelenje
Name SubregionVelenje

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Podkraj pri Velenju0.8 km WestNorthWest
2 Kavče0.8 km South
3 Ložnica1.8 km SouthSouthWest
4 Arnače2.3 km SouthEast
5 Podgorje2.3 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 LjubljanaSlovenia57 km SouthWest
2 Zagreb   Croatia91 km SouthEast
3 Wien   Austria228 km NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 124 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sava main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Velenjsko jezero (1.3 km2 at a distance of 2.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Golte with a height of 1587 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 28 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 80%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   37 km2 
 47.1% 
 Agriculture   30.2 km2 
 38.5% 
 Urban area   8.9 km2 
 11.3% 
 Water - Lakes   2 km2 
 2.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Velenje in country Slovenia


Velenje at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban DesignSlovenia58 km SouthWest
2 City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss EggenbergAustria83 km North
3 Škocjan CavesSlovenia115 km SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Ložnica s TrnavoSI2 km SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Velenje

Type of weather in Velenjeovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1012 mb
Humidity: 73 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:12 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:23 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Velenje - SI (longitude: 15.1056, latitude: 46.3534)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZW): 0 Kilometers

10:00
12 degrees
1011 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
13:00
14 degrees
1010 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
12 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
10 degrees
1013 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
22:00
9 degrees
1013 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
1:00
8 degrees
1012 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
4:00
10 degrees
1012 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
7:00
16 degrees
1010 mbar
few cloudsweericoon










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