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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.1674,Lat: 67.6034
Elevation	241 meter above sea level
Local time	0:35:04am
Name province/region	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Kolari

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kittilä	32.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Kolari	33.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Levi	34.7 km	NorthEast
4 Kaukonen	34.7 km	East
5 Muonio	44.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	829 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	912 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	970 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 197 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Sweden.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Munio, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Ylläslompolo (2.7 km² at a distance of 10.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ylläs with a height of 718 meter (at a distance of 4.9 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 25.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 95%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Länsi-Lapin tunturiseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 318 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kittilä Airport (at a distance of 31 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

56.6 km2

72%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.3%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Äkäslompolo in country Finland

Äkäslompolo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	236 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	264 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Laponian Area	Sweden	285 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistalue	FI	0.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Muonio

Type of weather in Muonio	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	16 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	04:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:32 Europe/Amsterdam