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General information - Location

CountryFinland
Location in country West
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 22.2777,Lat: 60.4508 marker
Elevation26 meter above sea level
Local time11:58:12am
Population153000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/regionSouthwestern Finland (Lounais-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name MaakuntaVarsinais-Suomi#Egentliga Finland
Name KuntaTurku#Åbo

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Kaarina6.1 km SouthEast
2 Littoinen6.4 km East
3 Haarla7.1 km SouthSouthWest
4 Raisio7.2 km WestNorthWest
5 Suitturi8 km NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 HelsinkiFinland151 km East
2 Tallinn   Estonia178 km EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm   Sweden268 km SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kokemaen coastal: Aura, Paimion, part of the larger catchment area Kokemäenjoki-Archipelago Sea-Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Littoistenjärvi (1.5 km2 at a distance of 5.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 303 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 424 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Turku Airport (at a distance of 7.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   5.2 km2 
 6.8% 
 Nature   2.2 km2 
 2.9% 
 Agriculture   8.1 km2 
 10.6% 
 Urban area   53 km2 
 69.9% 
 Infrastructure   3 km2 
 4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Turku in country Finland


Turku at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Bronze Age Burial Site of SammallahdenmäkiFinland80 km NorthNorthWest
2 Old RaumaFinland87 km NorthWest
3 Fortress of SuomenlinnaFinland154 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Ruissalon lehdotFI3.9 km WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Turku

Type of weather in Turkuclear sky weericoon
Current temperature: 17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South East
Air pressure: 1025 mb
Humidity: 36 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:16 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :04:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:32 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Turku - FI (longitude: 22.2777, latitude: 60.4508)
Distance weather station to place (direction O): 0 Kilometers

11:00
15 degrees
1025 mbar
clear skyweericoon
14:00
14 degrees
1024 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
17:00
11 degrees
1022 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
20:00
9 degrees
1022 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
23:00
8 degrees
1022 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
2:00
9 degrees
1022 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
5:00
12 degrees
1022 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
8:00
14 degrees
1021 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon










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