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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.3348,Lat: 56.9797
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	10:42:02am
Name province/region	Garkalnes novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langstiņi	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Mucenieki	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Līči	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Baltezers	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Ulbroka	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	13 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	261 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	273 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction NorthWest).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 Juglas ezers (5 km² at a distance of 1.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 67.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 23 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.7 km2

55.8%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.4%

Wet nature

6.7 km2

8.6%

Agriculture

10.3 km2

13.2%

Urban area

7 km2

8.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

6.1 km2

7.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Upesciems in country Latvia

Upesciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	14 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	236 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	256 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Liela Baltezera salas	LV	5.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rīgas Rajons

Type of weather in Rīgas Rajons	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	04:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:13 Europe/Amsterdam