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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.259,Lat: 57.127
Elevation	117 meter above sea level
Local time	21:24:49pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Balvu novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pilsēta)	Balvi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Naudaskalns	4.9 km	South
2 Balvu stacija	5.1 km	NorthWest
3 Bērzkalne	5.9 km	East
4 Vīksna	10.9 km	North
5 Litene	15.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	190 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	297 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Tallinn	Estonia	298 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 172 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is Balvu ezers (1.7 km² at a height of around 100 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 27.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 200 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.6 km2

24.9%

Nature

3.1 km2

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.7%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balvi in country Latvia

Balvi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	99 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	191 km	WestSouthWest
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	223 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stompaku purvi	LV	10 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balvi

Type of weather in Balvi	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:33 Europe/Amsterdam