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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.312,Lat: 49.7134
Elevation	332 meter above sea level
Local time	18:33:39pm
Name province/region	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Birkenfeld
Name	Idar-Oberstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Idar-Oberstein:Göttschied	2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Idar-Oberstein:Enzweiler	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Idar-Oberstein:Regulshausen	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Vollmersbach	3.2 km	North
5 Rötsweiler-Nockenthal:Rötsweiler	3.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	87 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	246 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	308 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 283 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bostalsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 399 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Erbeskopf with a height of 816 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-German border with a straight distance of 57.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 80 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Oberes Nahebergland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 81 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (at a distance of 26 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.2 km2

52.4%

Nature

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

22.1 km2

28.1%

Urban area

12.9 km2

16.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Idar-Oberstein in country Germany

Idar-Oberstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	49 km	West
2 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	58 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	62 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nahetal	DE	0.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Idar-Oberstein

Type of weather in Idar-Oberstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam