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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -18.1018,Lat: 65.6832
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	17:36:35pm
Population	18000 (4th largest city in country)
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Akureyrarkaupstaður

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Svalbarðseyri	6.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Kristnes	9.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Hrafnagilshverfi	12.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Hauganes	28.2 km	North
5 Grenivík	29.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	252 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	682 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1322 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Akureyri lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ljósavatn (3 km² at a distance of 18.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Háafell with a height of 918 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 63%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 289 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Akureyri Airport (at a distance of 2.9 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.7%

Nature

29.8 km2

44.5%

Wet nature

7.2 km2

10.8%

Agriculture

12.3 km2

18.3%

Urban area

8.1 km2

12.2%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Akureyri in country Iceland

Akureyri at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	135 km	South
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	214 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	296 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Akureyri
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Akureyri

Type of weather in Akureyri	clear sky
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	4 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	12:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:03 Europe/Amsterdam