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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.4161,Lat: 57.2672
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:08:43pm
Name province/region	Saulkrastu novads
Name Subregion	Saulkrasti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zvejniekciems	5.5 km	North
2 Skulte	7.1 km	North
3 Mandaga	8.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lilaste	10.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Pabaži	10.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	39 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	241 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	291 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Saulkrasti lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Lilastes ezers (1.7 km² at a distance of 9.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 66.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, 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 47 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.6 km2

63%

Nature

3 km2

6.4%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

8.9 km2

18.9%

Urban area

3.9 km2

8.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saulkrasti in country Latvia

Saulkrasti at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	39 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	229 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	241 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piejura	LV	4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saulkrasti

Type of weather in Saulkrasti	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	04:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:10 Europe/Amsterdam