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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.9553,Lat: 57.5849
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	2:12:25am
Name province/region (Novads)	Valkas novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Vijciema

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Plāņi	7.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lobērģi	9.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bilska	10.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Jaunklidzis	10.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Seda	14.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	130 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	218 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	295 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 94 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Salainis (0.7 km² at a height of around 62 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 17.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 91 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.9 km2

47%

Nature

8.1 km2

10.3%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

28.4 km2

36.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vijciems in country Latvia

Vijciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	131 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	143 km	EastNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	166 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ziemelgauja	LV	0.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valka Municipality

Type of weather in Valka Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	7 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:45 Europe/Amsterdam