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General information - Location

CountryNetherlands (Holland)
Location in country West
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 4.4792,Lat: 51.9229 marker
Elevation-4 meter above sea level
Local time11:16:39am
Population655000 (2nd largest city in country)
Name province/regionZuid-Holland
Name SubregionRotterdam

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Terbregge4.7 km NorthEast
2 's-Gravenland5 km East
3 Kralingse Veer5 km EastSouthEast
4 Heijplaat5.1 km SouthWest
5 Schiedam5.7 km West

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 AmsterdamNetherlands58 km NorthEast
2 Brussel   Belgium120 km South
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg282 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Kralingsche Plas (0.7 km2 at a distance of 2.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 49.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 47 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 4.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Agriculture   0.8 km2 
 1% 
 Urban area   42.5 km2 
 54% 
 Infrastructure   12.3 km2 
 15.6% 
 Water - Lakes   10.7 km2 
 13.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Rotterdam in country Netherlands


Rotterdam at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Van NellefabriekNetherlands4.2 km West
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-ElshoutNetherlands13 km EastSouthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German LimesGermany,Netherlands29 km North

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Oude MaasNL9.1 km South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Rotterdam

Type of weather in Rotterdamlight intensity drizzle weericoon
Current temperature: 11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1006 mb
Humidity: 92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:09 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Rotterdam - NL (longitude: 4.4792, latitude: 51.9229)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZO): 0 Kilometers

14:00
10 degrees
1009 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
17:00
11 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
9 degrees
1014 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
23:00
8 degrees
1014 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
2:00
7 degrees
1014 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
5:00
9 degrees
1015 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
8:00
14 degrees
1015 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
11:00
15 degrees
1014 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon










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