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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.5933,Lat: 56.4471
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	6:22:36am
Name province/region	Priekules novads
Name Subregion	Priekule

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saulaine	1.2 km	West
2 Purmsāti	6.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bunka	8.3 km	NorthWest
4 Paplaka	8.7 km	West
5 Gramzda	8.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	165 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	302 km	EastSouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	378 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 37 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Prūšu ūdenskrātuve (0.6 km² at a distance of 6.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Krievukalns with a height of 189 meter (at a distance of 12.1 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 13.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liepaja International Airport (at a distance of 32 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.5 km2

23.5%

Nature

4.3 km2

5.5%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

51.1 km2

65%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Priekule in country Latvia

Priekule at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	136 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	164 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	241 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Runupes ieleja	LV	6.2 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Priekule

Type of weather in Priekule	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	04:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:22 Europe/Amsterdam