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General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country East
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -13.6767,Lat: 65.1473 marker
Elevation52 meter above sea level
Local time17:07:20pm
At islandIceland
Name province/regionFjarðabyggð

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Eskifjörður18.1 km West
2 Seyðisfjörður19.8 km NorthNorthWest
3 Reyðarfjörður28.7 km West
4 Fáskrúðsfjörður29.3 km SouthWest
5 Egilsstaðir36.1 km NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland409 km West
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands484 km SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1157 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Neskaupstaður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Lagarfljót (54.1 km2 at a distance of 36.5 km in NorthWestern direction).


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 34%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. 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 447 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Egilsstaðir Airport (at a distance of 37 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   38.8 km2 
 83.6% 
 Agriculture   2 km2 
 4.3% 
 Urban area   1.2 km2 
 2.5% 
 Rock-Sand   3.5 km2 
 7.6% 
 Water - Lakes   0.7 km2 
 1.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Neskaupstaður in country Iceland


Neskaupstaður 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 IceIceland166 km West
2 Þingvellir National ParkIceland365 km West
3 SurtseyIceland396 km West


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Neskaupstadur

Type of weather in Neskaupstadurbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: North
Air pressure: 1018 mb
Humidity: 94 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:16 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :23:15 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Neskaupstadur - IS (longitude: -13.6767, latitude: 65.1473)
Distance weather station to place (direction OSO): 0 Kilometers

20:00
3 degrees
1018 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
23:00
3 degrees
1017 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
2:00
3 degrees
1016 mbar
light snowweericoon
5:00
2 degrees
1015 mbar
light snowweericoon
8:00
3 degrees
1015 mbar
light snowweericoon
11:00
4 degrees
1015 mbar
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14:00
5 degrees
1015 mbar
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17:00
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