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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.3644,Lat: 59.3453
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	23:05:30pm
Population	15000 (8th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Lääne-Virumaa
Name Subregion	Rakvere

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ussimäe	0.8 km	East
2 Taaravainu	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Tõrremäe	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Tõrma	2.8 km	South
5 Piira	2.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	95 km	West
2 Helsinki	Finland	123 km	NorthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	296 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named East Estonia coastal: Purtse, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Porkuni (0.7 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 84.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.7 km2

13.6%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

50.9 km2

64.8%

Urban area

10.2 km2

12.9%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rakvere in country Estonia

Rakvere at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	32 km	South
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	93 km	West
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	119 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mädapea	EE	5.7 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rakvere linn

Type of weather in Rakvere linn	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	04:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam