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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 17.7853,Lat: 59.7234
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	6:07:32am
Name province/region	Uppsala län
Name Subregion	Knivsta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alsike	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Slottsskogen	10.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Märsta	11.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Sävja	11.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Söderskogen	11.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	53 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	392 km	East
3 Oslo	Norway	397 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Arbogaan. The nearest bigger lake is Mälaren (62.8 km² at a distance of 5.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 298.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 418 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Uppland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stockholm-Bromma Airport (at a distance of 42 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.4 km2

29.8%

Nature

6.7 km2

8.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.5%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Knivsta in country Sweden

Knivsta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Royal Domain of Drottningholm	Sweden	45 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	45 km	South
3 Skogskyrkogården	Sweden	53 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rickebasta alsumpskog	SE	3.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Knivsta

Type of weather in Knivsta	clear sky
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	04:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam