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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 28.8187,Lat: 61.2923
Elevation	84 meter above sea level
Local time	1:41:40am
Name province/region	Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Karjala#Södra Karelen
Name Kunta	Ruokolahti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Anteroisenmäki	2.7 km	South
2 Oritlampi	6.5 km	East
3 Huhtanen	8 km	SouthEast
4 Imatra	13.8 km	South
5 Rautjärvi	14.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	244 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	307 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	551 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 63 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Saimaa (5276 km² at a height of around 75 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 16 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Suur-Saimaan seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pulkovo Airport (at a distance of 185 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lappeenranta Airport (at a distance of 45 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.8 km2

63.5%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.8%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Water - Lakes

21 km2

26.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruokolahti in country Finland

Ruokolahti at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	119 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russian Federation	172 km	SouthEast
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	221 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kuokkalampi	FI	9.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ruokolahti

Type of weather in Ruokolahti	few clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	03:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:11 Europe/Amsterdam