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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.1612,Lat: 56.1623
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	1:19:21am
Name province/region	Rucavas novads
Name Subregion	Rucavas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ķāķišķe	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Senoji Įpiltis	7.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Kalnišķi	7.8 km	NorthWest
4 Žemytė	9.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Lenkimai	10.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	202 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	306 km	EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	392 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Papes ezers (6 km² at a distance of 5.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 4.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.7 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 192 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Palanga International Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34 km2

43.3%

Nature

6.5 km2

8.2%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

35.7 km2

45.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rucava in country Latvia

Rucava at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	100 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	201 km	NorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	241 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kirbas purvs	LV	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rucavas Novads

Type of weather in Rucavas Novads	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	16 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	04:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam