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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.9474,Lat: 57.4096
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	18:39:19pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Rojas novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upesgrīva	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kaltene	6.7 km	NorthWest
3 Mērsrags	13.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Roja	13.4 km	NorthWest
5 Vandzene	15.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	87 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	246 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	328 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Valgalciems lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Engures ezers (22.9 km² at a distance of 11.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 98.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 138 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, 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 82 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.7 km2

70.6%

Nature

4 km2

8.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

8.5 km2

18.4%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valgalciems in country Latvia

Valgalciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	87 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	248 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	267 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rigas lica rietumu piekraste	LV	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roya

Type of weather in Roya	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	984 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:03 Europe/Amsterdam