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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.5435,Lat: 59.6185
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	8:29:54am
Population	111000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Västmanlands län
Name Subregion	Västerås

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hökåsen	5.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Enhagen-Ekbacken	6.2 km	South
3 Örtagården	7.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Barkarö	7.7 km	South
5 Irsta	8.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	96 km	EastSouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	329 km	West
3 Tallinn	Estonia	462 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 78 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Arbogaan. The nearest bigger lake is Mälaren (1039.8 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 233.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 327 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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
Västmanland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stockholm Västerås Airport (at a distance of 6.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.8 km2

11.2%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

11%

Urban area

39.8 km2

50.7%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

11 km2

14%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Västerås in country Sweden

Västerås at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	49 km	NorthWest
2 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	65 km	EastSouthEast
3 Royal Domain of Drottningholm	Sweden	83 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hstholmarna	SE	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Västerås
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	Bings maps
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	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Västerås

Type of weather in Västerås	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	04:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam