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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.7683,Lat: 45.8213
Elevation	497 meter above sea level
Local time	13:32:05pm
Name province/region	Braşov
Name Subregion	Viştea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Olteţ	1.9 km	South
2 Sâmbăta de Jos	3.9 km	East
3 Viştea de Jos	4.6 km	SouthWest
4 Gherdeal	4.9 km	NorthWest
5 Cincşor	5.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	185 km	SouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	342 km	NorthEast
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	357 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 345 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pecineagu (2.7 km² at a distance of 36.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Moldoveanul with a height of 2544 meter (at a distance of 23.9 km and direction South).One of the mountains in Făgăraș Mountains, part of the mountain range Southern Carpathians. The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 212 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 297 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 61%, low mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Transylvanian Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 172 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 53 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.9 km2

32.9%

Nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

42.5 km2

54%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

2.9%

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	35 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	44 km	North
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	93 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Podi?ul Hrtibaciului	RO	0.2 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Voila

Type of weather in Voila	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	05:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:33 Europe/Amsterdam