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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.2293,Lat: 60.5344
Elevation	88 meter above sea level
Local time	0:28:36am
Name province/region	Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Uusimaa#Nyland
Name Kunta	Karkkila#Högfors

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tuorila	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Haapala	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vihti	14.8 km	SouthEast
4 Pusula	15 km	SouthWest
5 Läyliäinen	16.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	57 km	SouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	127 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	370 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 44 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kymijoki coastal: Karjaan, Vantaa, Musti, Porvoon, Taasien, part of the larger catchment area Kymijoki-Gulf of Finland. The nearest bigger lake is Pyhäjärvi (1.7 km² at a height of around 71 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 195.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 274 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Kiskon-Vihdin järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (at a distance of 104 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.5 km2

55.4%

Nature

2 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

23.2 km2

29.5%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.3%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Karkkila in country Finland

Karkkila at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	60 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	126 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	143 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Asemansuo	FI	1.2 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Karkkila

Type of weather in Karkkila	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	03:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam