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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.1719,Lat: 57.3213
Elevation	132 meter above sea level
Local time	3:53:16am
Name province/region (Novads)	Smiltenes novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Variņu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Palsmane	7.7 km	North
2 Rēveļi	9.4 km	South
3 Gaujasrēveļi	11.3 km	South
4 Ranka	12.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Mēri	14.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	130 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	250 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	297 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 106 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Lizdoles ezers (0.5 km² at a height of around 191 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 29.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 140 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.9 km2

53.3%

Nature

4.9 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

30.8 km2

39.2%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Variņi in country Latvia

Variņi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	130 km	WestSouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	139 km	NorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	194 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lielais purvs	LV	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at

Type of weather in
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
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Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam