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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.3318,Lat: 57.8966
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	8:05:17am
Name province/region	Rūjienas novads
Name Subregion	Rūjiena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eriņi	1.6 km	NorthEast
2 Jeri	2.6 km	SouthEast
3 Endzele	4.8 km	SouthEast
4 Virķēni	5.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Naukšēni	7.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	127 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	174 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	255 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Estonia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Rūjas dīķi (0.6 km² at a distance of 4.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 10.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 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 135 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 77 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.7%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.5%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

53.7 km2

68.4%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rūjiena in country Latvia

Rūjiena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	128 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	142 km	North
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	175 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rujas paliene	LV	4.9 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rūjiena

Type of weather in Rūjiena	few clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	04:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:09 Europe/Amsterdam