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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.3756,Lat: 57.7027
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	13:19:23pm
Name province/region	Salacgrīvas novads
Name Subregion	Salacgrīvas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salacgrīva	5.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vecsalaca	6.3 km	North
3 Korģene	12.2 km	NorthEast
4 Viļķene	17.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Pāle	17.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	84 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	192 km	North
3 Helsinki	Finland	277 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Āsteres ezers (0.8 km² at a distance of 20.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 18.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 39%, low location: 61%, The hills are mainly western 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 90 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 80 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.8 km2

49.5%

Nature

2.5 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

23.3 km2

43.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Svētciems in country Latvia

Svētciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	85 km	South
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	189 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	194 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Salacas ieleja	LV	4.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salacgrīva

Type of weather in Salacgrīva	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	03:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam