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Veles

General information - Location

Country	North Macedonia
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.817,Lat: 41.717
Elevation	275 meter above sea level
Local time	14:10:02pm
Population	44000 (6th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Единица на локална самоуправа)	Велес
Wiki-website Населено место (Населено место)	Велес

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sveti Nikola	17.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gradsko	23 km	SouthEast
3 Kadrifakovo	23.4 km	NorthEast
4 Solunska	25.1 km	West
5 Dragoevo	28.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Skopje	North-macedonia	43 km	NorthWest
2 Приштина	Kosovo	117 km	NorthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	166 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 147 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Central Macedonia. The nearest bigger lake is Lake Vegoritida (59.9 km² at a distance of 100 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-North-Macedonian border with a straight distance of 57.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 16%, hill: 83%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Skopje International Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.3%

Nature

10.5 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.7%

Viticulture

5.8 km2

7.4%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veles in country North-macedonia

Veles at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region	Albania,North Macedonia	124 km	SouthWest
2 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	135 km	East
3 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	139 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Veles
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veles

Type of weather in Veles	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	11 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:50 Europe/Amsterdam