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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.1714,Lat: 45.3883
Elevation	749 meter above sea level
Local time	20:46:10pm
Name province/region	Argeş
Name Subregion	Rucăr

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Podu Dâmboviţei	3.3 km	NorthEast
2 Dragoslavele	5.1 km	South
3 Dâmbovicioara	6.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Valea Hotarului	7.6 km	South
5 Gura Pravăţ	7.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	128 km	SouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	336 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chişinău	Moldova	339 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Arges, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Râuşor (2.2 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Caraiman with a height of 2284 meter (at a distance of 24.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 173.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 243 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 81%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 45 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48.5 km2

61.7%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

20.8 km2

26.5%

Urban area

4.7 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rucăr in country Romania

Rucăr at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	88 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	94 km	WestSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	97 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piatra Craiului	RO	0.6 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rucăr

Type of weather in Rucăr	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:30 Europe/Amsterdam