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General information - Location

CountryLatvia
Location in country West
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 22.5873,Lat: 57.7432 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time11:08:19am
Name province/regionDundagas novads
Name SubregionKolkas

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Mellsils10.1 km South
2 Mazirbe17.4 km WestSouthWest
3 Ģipka19.7 km SouthSouthEast
4 Rude29.3 km SouthSouthEast
5 Dundaga29.5 km SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 RīgaLatvia128 km EastSouthEast
2 Tallinn   Estonia223 km NorthNorthEast
3 Helsinki   Finland301 km NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kolka lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Lubezers (1.5 km2 at a height of around 36 meter above sea level) at a distance of 36.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 105.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 148 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, The hills are mainly northern 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 124 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuressaare Airport (at a distance of 54 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   19.3 km2 
 80.4% 
 Nature   2.6 km2 
 11% 
 Urban area   1 km2 
 4.3% 
 Rock-Sand   1 km2 
 4.3% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Kolka in country Latvia


Kolka at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Historic Centre of RigaLatvia128 km EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of TallinnEstonia225 km NorthNorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of VisbySweden256 km West

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Sliteres nacionalais parksLV0 km East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Kolka

Type of weather in Kolkaovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: South East
Air pressure: 997 mb
Humidity: 80 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :05:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Kolka - LV (longitude: 22.5873, latitude: 57.7432)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZW): 0 Kilometers

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