Hotels at Sigulda booking.com

Sigulda

Booking.com

Sigulda

General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.8564,Lat: 57.1526
Elevation	100 meter above sea level
Local time	14:15:14pm
Name province/region	Siguldas novads
Name Subregion	Sigulda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ķipari	2.2 km	NorthEast
2 Kalnabeites	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Peltes	2.4 km	East
4 Turaida	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Stīveri	6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	49 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	253 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	274 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Aģes ezers (1 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 78.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 110 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 59 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.4 km2

43.8%

Nature

3.1 km2

3.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

39.6%

Urban area

7.8 km2

10%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sigulda in country Latvia

Sigulda at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	50 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	220 km	EastNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	229 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gaujas nacionalais parks	LV	0.5 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Sigulda
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Sigulda
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sigulda

Type of weather in Sigulda	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	40 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	04:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:08 Europe/Amsterdam