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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.8836,Lat: 57.6874
Elevation	69 meter above sea level
Local time	2:39:27am
Name province/region	Alojas novads
Name Subregion	Brīvzemnieku

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Urga	7.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vilzēni	8.7 km	NorthEast
3 Aloja	9.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Pociems	10.2 km	South
5 Ungurpils	10.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	93 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	194 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	277 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Rāķa ezers (0.7 km² at a distance of 9.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zilaiskalns with a height of 127 meter (at a distance of 25 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 31.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 101 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 85 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.3 km2

48.8%

Nature

9.8 km2

12.5%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

27.7 km2

35.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Puikule in country Latvia

Puikule at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	94 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	174 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	195 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Augstroze	LV	14 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aloja

Type of weather in Aloja	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	04:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:12 Europe/Amsterdam