- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Tallinn · UTC+02:00
- Airports
- KDL Kärdla Airport51 km
- EPU Pärnu Airport64 km
About Matsalu Bay
Matsalu Bay is a natural site. Location: Lääne, Estonia.
Matsalu Bay (Estonian: Matsalu laht) is a bay in Lääne County, Estonia; the bay is part of Väinameri. The bay's area is 67 km2. The bay and its coast area is under protection (Matsalu National Park). The bay is one of the most important wetland bird areas in Europe, due to its prime position on the East Atlantic Flyway. Large numbers of migratory birds use Matsalu as a staging area. Every spring over two million waterfowl pass Matsalu, of which around 1.6 million are long-tailed ducks.
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Photos of Matsalu Bay
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Matsalu National Park Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 -
Kasari Raul6 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Matsalu Bay
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 5° · Night 1° · Rain 69 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -7°)
- Wettest month
- August (71 mm)
- Driest month
- February (30 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | -1° | -2° | 2° | 8° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 5° | 1° |
| Average low (°C) | -6° | -7° | -5° | 1° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 4° | 1° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 40 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 44 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 52 |
How to get to Matsalu Bay
The nearest airport is Kärdla Airport (KDL), 51 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 100 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Kärdla Airport (KDL) Kärdla 51 kmnorthwest
- Pärnu Airport (EPU) Pärnu 64 kmsoutheast
- Kuressaare Airport (URE) Kuressaare 87 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Tallinn Population: 394K 100 kmnortheast
- Riga Population: 742.6K 204 kmsouth
- Stockholm Population: 1.5M 324 kmwest
- Sollentuna Population: 139.6K 332 kmwest
- Klaipėda Population: 172.3K 371 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Matsalu Bay
Within 100 km: 5 historic and cultural sites, 16 natural sites, 98 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km17 places
- Kesselaid Island 17 kmSW
- Uuluti laid Island 23 kmS
- Ruilaid Island 25 kmS
- Kumari Island 15 kmW
25–60 km46 places
- Hiiumaa Island 57 kmW
- Muhu Island 28 kmSW
- Vormsi Island 34 kmNW
- Kassari Island 44 kmW
60–100 km56 places
- Saaremaa Island 75 kmSW
- Kihnu Island 74 kmS
- Manilaid Island 68 kmSE
- Abruka Island 93 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Matsalu National Park Natural site, Matsalu küla<0.1 km N
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Suurrahu Island, Haeska küla4.2 km E
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Kasari River, Lääneranna vald6.9 km E
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Tauksi Saar Island, Lääne11 km NW -
Kesselaid Island, Saare17 km SW -
Liialaid Island, Põgari-Sassi küla14 km NW -
Sõmeri Island, Põgari-Sassi küla16 km NW -
Papilaid Island, Muhu vald13 km SW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources