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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.5477,Lat: 57.0926
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	7:25:03am
Name province/region	Inčukalna novads
Name Subregion	Vangaži

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Griķi	1.4 km	East
2 Kārlzemnieki	6.4 km	NorthEast
3 Krustiņi	7.3 km	NorthEast
4 Murjāņi	7.9 km	NorthEast
5 Garkalne	8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	29 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	260 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	270 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Dūņezers (2.5 km² at a distance of 12.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 74.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 40 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

53.3 km2

67.8%

Nature

7 km2

Wet nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

12.3 km2

15.6%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vangaži in country Latvia

Vangaži at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	30 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	239 km	EastNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	243 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garkalnes mezi	LV	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vangaži
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vangaži

Type of weather in Vangaži	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	04:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam