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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.1284,Lat: 57.0007
Elevation	106 meter above sea level
Local time	10:24:24am
Name province/region	Rugāju novads
Name Subregion	Rugāju

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tikaiņi	7.3 km	SouthEast
2 Benislava	9.3 km	South
3 Skujetnieki	9.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Naudaskalns	11.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Balvi	16.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	182 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	281 km	South
3 Tallinn	Estonia	307 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 167 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is Lazdags (1.2 km² at a height of around 98 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 35.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 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 192 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.7 km2

43%

Nature

10.7 km2

13.6%

Agriculture

32.7 km2

41.6%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rugāji in country Latvia

Rugāji 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	115 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	183 km	WestSouthWest
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	235 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lubana mitrajs	LV	6.1 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rugāji

Type of weather in Rugāji	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	04:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:58 Europe/Amsterdam