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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.9531,Lat: 56.9193
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	2:34:46am
Name province/region	Mārupes novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Priežciems	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Piņķi	3.8 km	NorthWest
3 Babīte	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Jaunmārupe	4.9 km	South
5 Mārupe	6.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	11 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	261 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	282 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lielupe. The nearest bigger lake is Babītes ezers (23.2 km² at a distance of 7 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 61.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 60%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 1.2 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.2 km2

38.4%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

27.7 km2

35.3%

Urban area

11 km2

14%

Infrastructure

4.4 km2

5.6%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skulte in country Latvia

Skulte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	11 km	EastNorthEast
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	234 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	260 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Beberbeki	LV	1.9 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Skulte

Type of weather in Skulte	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	04:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam