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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.0694,Lat: 56.807
Elevation	150 meter above sea level
Local time	9:30:15am
Name province/region	Madonas novads
Name Subregion	Bērzaunes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bērzaune	2.3 km	West
2 Mārciena	4.4 km	SouthEast
3 Madona	10.3 km	NorthEast
4 Kusa	10.8 km	North
5 Lazdona	10.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	119 km	West
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	240 km	South
3 Tallinn	Estonia	303 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 113 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 Talejas ezers (0.8 km² at a height of around 234 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Gaiziņkalns with a height of 312 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 77.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 108 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 82%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 128 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.4 km2

42.4%

Nature

9.2 km2

11.7%

Agriculture

34.2 km2

43.6%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sauleskalns in country Latvia

Sauleskalns at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	120 km	West
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	175 km	NorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	228 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vestiena	LV	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Madona

Type of weather in Madona	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	04:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:01 Europe/Amsterdam