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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.5743,Lat: 57.6526
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	13:16:13pm
Name province/region	Rojas novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kolka	10.1 km	North
2 Ģipka	10.3 km	SouthEast
3 Mazirbe	15.7 km	West
4 Rude	20.1 km	SouthEast
5 Dundaga	20.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	122 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	232 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	311 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Mellsils lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction EastNorthEast).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 26.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 108.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 152 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, 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 117 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuressaare Airport (at a distance of 65 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

69.2%

Nature

5.3 km2

11.8%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

6.1 km2

13.4%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mellsils in country Latvia

Mellsils at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	122 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	234 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	255 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rigas lica rietumu piekraste	LV	0.4 km	EastNorthEast

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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 Kolka	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:48 Europe/Amsterdam