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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.6663,Lat: 57.2654
Elevation	109 meter above sea level
Local time	5:55:02am
Name province/region	Viļakas novads
Name Subregion	Žīguru

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barisova	6.7 km	SouthEast
2 Vecumi	8.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Viļaka	9.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Kuprava	10.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Liepna	14.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	216 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	298 km	NorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	322 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 196 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Narva main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Viļakas ezers (1.4 km² at a height of around 86 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 9.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 226 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.6 km2

60.6%

Nature

9 km2

11.5%

Agriculture

21 km2

26.7%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Žīguri in country Latvia

Žīguri at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	72 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	215 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	217 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gruzdovas mezi	LV	2.5 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Žīguri
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilyaka

Type of weather in Vilyaka	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	16 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	03:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam