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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.5681,Lat: 57.3929
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	10:17:07am
Population	39000 (6th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Ventspils

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dokupe	4.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tārgale	8.3 km	SouthEast
3 Vārve	9.7 km	South
4 Zūras	15.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Pope	17.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	162 km	East
2 Tallinn	Estonia	289 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	293 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ventspils lies at the Baltic Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Būšnieku ezers (3.7 km² at a distance of 6.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 111.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 156 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 78%, low location: 22%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ventspils International Airport (at a distance of 4.2 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

14.4%

Nature

1.5 km2

2.7%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

19.6 km2

35.8%

Urban area

12.2 km2

22.4%

Infrastructure

7.3 km2

13.3%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ventspils in country Latvia

Ventspils at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	162 km	East
2 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	198 km	West
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	239 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Busnieku ezera krasts	LV	6.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ventspils

Type of weather in Ventspils	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	04:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:22 Europe/Amsterdam