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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.2714,Lat: 57.1298
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	7:19:22am
Name province/region	Carnikavas novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mežciems	4.9 km	SouthWest
2 Garciems	5.1 km	SouthWest
3 Kadaga	7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ādaži	7.3 km	SouthEast
5 Lilaste	7.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	21 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	257 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	278 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Dzirnezers (1.6 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 82.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 115 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 50%, low location: 50%, 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 29 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.7 km2

57%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.8%

Wet nature

2 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

16.1 km2

25.7%

Urban area

2.7 km2

4.3%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carnikava in country Latvia

Carnikava at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	22 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	246 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	253 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piejura	LV	0.6 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carnikava

Type of weather in Carnikava	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	04:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:19 Europe/Amsterdam