Vacha

General information - Location

Country	Russia
Location in country	Center (of European part Russia)
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 42.75,Lat: 55.767
Elevation	165 meter above sea level
Local time	7:15:08am
Name region/province:	Nizhegorod
Name subregion:	Nizhegorod

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Novoselki	8.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Chulkovo	18.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Sosnovskoye	25.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Tesha	28.7 km	SouthEast
5 Yefanovo	30.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Moskva	Russia	313 km	WestSouthWest
2 Minsk	Belarus	993 km	WestSouthWest
3 Kiyev	Ukraine	1010 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 872 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Oka main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Volga. The nearest bigger lake is Го́рьковское водохрани́лище (1404.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 93.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Kazakh-Russian border with a straight distance of 675.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 946 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 91%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly western orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zhukovsky International Airport (at a distance of 287 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nizhny Novgorod Strigino International Airport (at a distance of 82 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vacha in country Russia

Vacha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal	Russian Federation	150 km	West
2 Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl	Russian Federation	275 km	WestNorthWest
3 Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad	Russian Federation	291 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vacha

Type of weather in Vacha	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	03:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:00 Europe/Amsterdam