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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.5691,Lat: 57.0884
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	20:55:59pm
Name province/region	Inčukalna novads
Name Subregion	Inčukalna

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vangaži	1.4 km	West
2 Kārlzemnieki	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Krustiņi	6.4 km	NorthEast
4 Inčukalns	7.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Murjāņi	7.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	30 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	260 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	270 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Dūņezers (2.5 km² at a distance of 13.7 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 73.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 103 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 41 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

56.6 km2

72%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.3%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

11.8 km2

15%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Griķi in country Latvia

Griķi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	31 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	238 km	EastNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	243 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garkalnes mezi	LV	2.1 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vangaži

Type of weather in Vangaži	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	04:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:15 Europe/Amsterdam