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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2308,Lat: 57.116
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	17:31:01pm
Name province/region	Engures novads
Name Subregion	Engures

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Plieņciems	4.2 km	SouthEast
2 Engure	4.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Apšuciems	7.7 km	SouthEast
4 Sēme	10 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Klapkalnciems	11.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	57 km	East
2 Tallinn	Estonia	270 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	298 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ķesterciems lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Engures ezers (22.9 km² at a distance of 8.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milzukalns with a height of 114 meter (at a distance of 13.1 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 79.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.7 km2

72%

Nature

5.7 km2

12.2%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

9.5%

Urban area

1.8 km2

3.9%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ķesterciems in country Latvia

Ķesterciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	57 km	East
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	248 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	268 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rigas lica rietumu piekraste	LV	0.3 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Engure

Type of weather in Engure	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	04:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:16 Europe/Amsterdam