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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.4928,Lat: 58.2582
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	8:22:06am
Population	13000 (10th largest city in country)
At island	Saaremaa
Name province/region	Saaremaa
Name Subregion	Kuressaare

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kudjape	1.8 km	East
2 Laheküla	2.6 km	West
3 Upa	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Muratsi	4.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Vaivere	5.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	175 km	SouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	181 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	254 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Linnulaht (0.9 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 117.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 165 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 81%, low location: 19%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 174 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuressaare Airport (at a distance of 3.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.8 km2

31.9%

Nature

15.1 km2

23.2%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

11.9 km2

18.3%

Urban area

7.3 km2

11.2%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

4.2 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kuressaare in country Estonia

Kuressaare at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	175 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	183 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	239 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Põduste luha	EE	0.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saare

Type of weather in Saare	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 16 April 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:44 Europe/Amsterdam