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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.2482,Lat: 64.6886
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	12:57:05pm
Name province/region	Västerbottens län
Name Subregion	Skellefteå

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Örviken	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ursviken	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Södra Bergsbyn och Stackgrönn	6.5 km	West
4 Bureå	8.2 km	South
5 Bergsbyn	8.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	540 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	615 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	623 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skelleftehamn lies at the Gulf of Bothnia (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Skellefte coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Bygdeträsket (29.6 km² at a distance of 45.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 175.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 246 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 55%, low location: 45%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Västerbotten

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Trondheim Airport, Værnes (at a distance of 523 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Skellefteå Airport (at a distance of 11 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.8 km2

42.5%

Nature

1.3 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

7.2 km2

14.6%

Water - Lakes

18.9 km2

38.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skelleftehamn in country Sweden

Skelleftehamn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	112 km	North
2 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	154 km	South
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	337 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kalkstenstjrn	SE	6 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Skelleftehamn

Type of weather in Skelleftehamn	clear sky
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	31 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	18 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	03:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam