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Valjala

General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.7921,Lat: 58.4099
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	15:48:54pm
At island	Saaremaa
Name province/region (Maakond)	Saaremaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Valjala

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kõljala	7.7 km	SouthWest
2 Pärsama	11 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Laimjala	12.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Karja	12.7 km	NorthWest
5 Tagavere	13.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	156 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rīga	Latvia	181 km	SouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	230 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Oessaare laht (1 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Annuse with a height of 18 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 109.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 154 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 162 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuressaare Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.7 km2

51.8%

Nature

4 km2

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

32.5 km2

41.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valjala in country Estonia

Valjala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	159 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	181 km	SouthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	217 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Võrsna	EE	2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orissaare vald

Type of weather in Orissaare vald	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 12 July 2025:	17 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	03:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam