Hotels at Rīga booking.com

Rīga

Booking.com

Rīga

General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.1267,Lat: 56.9589
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	15:38:29pm
Population	659000 (largest city in country)
Name province/region (Republikas pilsēta)	Rīga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valdlauči	6.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mārupe	7.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dreiliņi	7.5 km	East
4 Rāmava	8.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Tīraine	9.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	0 km	East
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	262 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	276 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is Ķīšezers (16.3 km² at a distance of 5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 68.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 65%, low location: 35%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 10 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

2.3 km2

2.9%

Urban area

58.3 km2

74.2%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

7.8 km2

10%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rīga in country Latvia

Rīga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	0.8 km	SouthWest
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	236 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	264 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Jaunciems	LV	7.2 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Rīga
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Rīga
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vecrīga

Type of weather in Vecrīga	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	985 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:01 Europe/Amsterdam