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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.8447,Lat: 57.1855
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	3:45:09am
Name province/region	Krimuldas novads
Name Subregion	Krimuldas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ķipari	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Sigulda	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Peltes	5.4 km	SouthEast
4 Kalnabeites	5.8 km	South
5 Nurmiži	6.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	50 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	250 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	278 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 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 12.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 80.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western 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 60 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.7 km2

51.8%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

28 km2

35.6%

Urban area

6.9 km2

8.8%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Turaida in country Latvia

Turaida at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	51 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	219 km	EastNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	226 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gaujas nacionalais parks	LV	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sigulda

Type of weather in Sigulda	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	04:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:59 Europe/Amsterdam