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General information - Location

Country	Croatia
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 17.333,Lat: 43.2
Elevation	310 meter above sea level
Local time	4:27:57am
Name province/region	Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Name Subregion	Vrgorac

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vitina	15.3 km	NorthEast
2 Ljubuski	19.1 km	East
3 Ploce	23.6 km	SouthEast
4 Siroki Brijeg	27.4 km	NorthEast
5 Makarska	28.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sarajevo	Bosnia-and-herzegovina	116 km	NorthEast
2 Podgorica	Montenegro	179 km	EastSouthEast
3 Tirane	Albania	290 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Neretva. The nearest bigger lake is Baćinska jezera (1.4 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Babina Gm with a height of 734 meter (at a distance of 21.1 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Croatian-Bosnian border with a straight distance of 5.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 49%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (at a distance of 182 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Mostar International Airport (at a distance of 43 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

59.1 km2

75.2%

Nature

10.6 km2

13.5%

Agriculture

8.1 km2

10.3%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vrgorac in country Croatia

Vrgorac at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42 km	EastNorthEast
2 Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards	Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Montenegro,Serbia	50 km	East
3 Stari Grad Plain	Croatia	57 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Betina velika jama	HR	1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vrgorac

Type of weather in Vrgorac	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	05:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:53 Europe/Amsterdam