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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.0493,Lat: 57.7816
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	14:46:14pm
Name province/region	Valgamaa
Name Subregion	Valga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valka	2.3 km	SouthWest
2 Sēļi	4.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Paju	5.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lugaži	6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Kaagjärve	8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	147 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	200 km	NorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	275 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 98 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Aheru (2.4 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Tornimägi with a height of 137 meter (at a distance of 21.8 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 1.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Riga International Airport (at a distance of 157 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 70 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.4 km2

34.9%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

34.5 km2

43.9%

Urban area

11 km2

14.1%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valga in country Estonia

Valga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	135 km	EastNorthEast
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	143 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	148 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Burgas plavas	LV	7 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valga

Type of weather in Valga	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	39 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	04:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:06 Europe/Amsterdam