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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.6989,Lat: 57.1279
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	17:42:53pm
Name province/region	Inčukalna novads
Name Subregion	Inčukalna

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Indrāni	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Murjāņi	2.5 km	West
3 Krustiņi	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Sunīši	3.3 km	North
5 Inčukalns	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	39 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	256 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	273 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 22 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Aģes ezers (1 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 76.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 107 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.5 km2

54.1%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

29.1 km2

37%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gauja in country Latvia

Gauja at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	40 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	229 km	EastNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	235 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gaujas nacionalais parks	LV	0.1 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Inčukalns

Type of weather in Inčukalns	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	03:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam