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General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country South
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.7934,Lat: 61.9537 marker
Elevation76 meter above sea level
Local time11:02:33am
At islandStreymoy
Name province/regionStreymoy
Name SubregionTórshavn

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Velbastaður4.6 km NorthNorthWest
2 Hestur4.7 km WestNorthWest
3 Skopun7.4 km SouthWest
4 Tórshavn8.5 km NorthNorthEast
5 Nólsoy8.9 km EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands8.5 km NorthNorthEast
2 Glasgow   Scotland701 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland792 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kirkjubøur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km2 at a distance of 10.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 73%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 671 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 28 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Kirkjubøur in country Faroe-islands


Kirkjubøur at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland383 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland474 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland578 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Argir

Type of weather in Argirlight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 11.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 989 mb
Humidity: 89 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:13 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:02 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Argir - FO (longitude: -6.7934, latitude: 61.9537)
Distance weather station to place (direction Z): 0 Kilometers

13:00
7 degrees
990 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
6 degrees
991 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
5 degrees
992 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
5 degrees
991 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
4 degrees
990 mbar
light snowweericoon
4:00
4 degrees
989 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
7:00
4 degrees
987 mbar
light snowweericoon
10:00
3 degrees
985 mbar
light snowweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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