Hotels at Viļķene Hotels at Viļķene booking.com
Viļķene

west Ogre latvia north Strenči latvia Vilgāle latvia nearest Priedes latvia Vilpulka latvia south Pociems latvia east Lāde latvia


Booking.com

Viļķene

General information - Location

CountryLatvia
Location in country Northwest
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 24.6081,Lat: 57.6094 marker
Elevation48 meter above sea level
Local time18:52:55pm
Name province/region (Novads)Limbažu novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)Viļķenes

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Priedes9.9 km EastSouthEast
2 Tiegaži10.3 km East
3 Pāle10.7 km North
4 Ozolaine11.2 km SouthEast
5 Limbaži12.7 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 RīgaLatvia78 km South
2 Tallinn   Estonia202 km North
3 Helsinki   Finland286 km North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Āsteres ezers (0.8 km2 at a distance of 4.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 30.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 85 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 91 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   33.7 km2 
 42.8% 
 Nature   7.4 km2 
 9.4% 
 Wet nature   4 km2 
 5.1% 
 Agriculture   32.8 km2 
 41.8% 
 Urban area   0.5 km2 
 0.6% 
 Water - Lakes   0.1 km2 
 0.1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Viļķene in country Latvia


Viļķene at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Historic Centre of RigaLatvia79 km South
2 Struve Geodetic ArcBelarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine190 km NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of TallinnEstonia204 km North

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
DunezersLV7.8 km SouthEast

Social media - Maps

Youtube filmpje van ViļķeneVideo's op youtube van Viļķene
Vimeo ViļķeneVideo's op Vimeo
TikTok ViļķeneTikTok
Instagram ViļķeneInstagram
flickr foto's en afbeeldingen van ViļķeneFlickr
IMDB Viļķene Filming Location IMDB Viļķene
TikTok ViļķeneTikTok
Bings mapsBings maps
MapquestMapquest
WikimapiaWikimapia
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Limbažu novads

Type of weather in Limbažu novadslight snow weericoon
Current temperature: 1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: West South West
Air pressure: 984 mb
Humidity: 71 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:7 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :14:55 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Limbažu novads - LV (longitude: 24.6081, latitude: 57.6094)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): not known
19:00
1 degrees
984 mbar
light snowweericoon
22:00
1 degrees
985 mbar
light snowweericoon
1:00
0 degrees
987 mbar
light snowweericoon
4:00
0 degrees
989 mbar
light snowweericoon
7:00
1 degrees
991 mbar
light snowweericoon
10:00
1 degrees
993 mbar
light snowweericoon
13:00
1 degrees
994 mbar
light snowweericoon
16:00
0 degrees
997 mbar
light snowweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

Pressure (mbar)
Wind speed (km/h)
hours
weericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoon

Cloud cover %
precipitation (mm)
hours
Widget is loading comments...
number of views: 76