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Alūksne

General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.0484,Lat: 57.4177
Elevation	196 meter above sea level
Local time	2:15:27am
Name province/region (Novads)	Alūksnes novads
Wiki-website Pilsēta (Pilsēta)	Alūksne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kolberģis	4.6 km	NorthEast
2 Alsviķi	7.4 km	West
3 Māriņkalns	8.8 km	NorthWest
4 Anna	9.1 km	South
5 Brenci	9.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	183 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	263 km	NorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	322 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 159 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is Alūksnes ezers (15.9 km² at a height of around 182 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dēliņkalns with a height of 271 meter (at a distance of 15.3 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 16.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Latvian Estonian Russian tripoint with a straight distance of 21.3 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated.The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 193 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.7 km2

35.4%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

40.3%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.7%

Water - Lakes

10.9 km2

13.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alūksne in country Latvia

Alūksne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	88 km	NorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	184 km	WestSouthWest
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	188 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Indzera ezera salas	LV	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alūksne

Type of weather in Alūksne	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	10 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam