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west Suuremõisa estonia north Urge estonia Laiaküla estonia nearest Tornimäe estonia Laitse estonia south Sauga estonia east Orissaare estonia
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Laimjala

General information - Location

CountryEstonia
Location in country West
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 23.0003,Lat: 58.4268 marker
Elevation9 meter above sea level
Local time23:23:23pm
At islandSaaremaa
Name province/region (Maakond)Saaremaa
Wiki-website Vald (Vald)Laimjala

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Tornimäe11 km NorthNorthEast
2 Tagavere12 km NorthWest
3 Valjala12.3 km WestSouthWest
4 Orissaare15.3 km North
5 Pärsama17.2 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TallinnEstonia147 km NorthNorthEast
2 Rīga   Latvia177 km SouthEast
3 Helsinki   Finland223 km NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Koigi (1.4 km2 at a height of around 8 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Annuse with a height of 18 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 100.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 41%, low location: 59%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 152 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuressaare Airport (at a distance of 36 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   30.4 km2 
 39.3% 
 Nature   13.1 km2 
 16.9% 
 Wet nature   2.2 km2 
 2.8% 
 Agriculture   30.8 km2 
 39.8% 
 Water - Lakes   0.9 km2 
 1.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laimjala in country Estonia


Laimjala at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Laimjala Estonia Location marker for Laimjala

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Historic Centre (Old Town) of TallinnEstonia150 km NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of RigaLatvia178 km SouthSouthEast
3 Struve Geodetic ArcBelarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine205 km EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
LaasuEE1.3 km EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orissaare vald

Type of weather in Orissaare valdovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 1019 mb
Humidity: 86 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:10 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :07:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :17:21 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Orissaare vald - EE (longitude: 23.0003, latitude: 58.4268)
Distance weather station to place (direction