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General information - Location

Country	Denmark
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.3635,Lat: 57.0587
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	5:19:05am
At island	Vendsyssel
Name province/region (Region)	Nordjylland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Aalborg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hou
Other place with same name 1	Hou Nordjylland - Mariagerfjord

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mikkelmark	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Koldkær	2.9 km	South
3 Melholt	5.1 km	North
4 Bisnap	5.9 km	South
5 Geraa	6.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	203 km	SouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	318 km	North
3 Stockholm	Sweden	517 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hou lies at the Kattegat (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jutland and Funen. The nearest bigger lake is Madum Sø (1.9 km² at a distance of 38 km in SouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Vendsyssel. The distance to the mainland is 0 km.

The nearest mountain is Knøsen with a height of 136 meter (at a distance of 15.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 213.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 299 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 83%, low location: 17%, 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 Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (at a distance of 134 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aalborg Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

13.2%

Nature

2.4 km2

4.9%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

30 km2

60.4%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hou in country Denmark

Hou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	123 km	East
2 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church	Denmark	156 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand	Denmark	177 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ålborg Bugt, Randers Fjord og Mariager Fjord	DK	0.8 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hals

Type of weather in Hals	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:36 Europe/Amsterdam