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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.5391,Lat: 59.4032
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	4:13:57am
Name province/region	Värmlands län
Name Subregion	Karlstad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alster	4.1 km	East
2 Skåre	7.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Skattkärr	7.6 km	East
4 Skoghall	7.6 km	South
5 Vallargärdet	8.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	168 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	260 km	East
3 København	Denmark	414 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Kattegat is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 126 km (direction WestSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Vänern (5572 km² at a height of around 43 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 92.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 129 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Värmland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 163 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlstad Airport (at a distance of 12 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.8 km2

34.1%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

7 km2

8.9%

Urban area

22.5 km2

28.6%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

13.9 km2

17.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Karlstad in country Sweden

Karlstad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	148 km	SouthWest
2 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	153 km	EastNorthEast
3 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	177 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kaplansholmen	SE	2.8 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Karlstad
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Karlstad

Type of weather in Karlstad	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	04:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam