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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5729,Lat: 57.5867
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	15:58:54pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Moray
Name	Forres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tulloch	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Califer	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Forres	3.2 km	NorthWest
4 Mains of Craigmill	3.6 km	SouthEast
5 Springfield	4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	203 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	365 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	387 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Lochindorb (2 km² at a distance of 20.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 218.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 306 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 86%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 183 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.4 km2

39.9%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

41.1 km2

52.4%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rafford in country Scotland

Rafford at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	159 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	177 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	184 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forres

Type of weather in Forres	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:02 Europe/Amsterdam