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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -21.9038,Lat: 64.1367
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	9:28:15am
Population	120000 (largest city in country)
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Reykjavíkurborg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kópavogur	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Garðabær	5 km	SouthWest
3 Seltjarnarnes	5.1 km	NorthWest
4 Álftanes	6.2 km	West
5 Hafnarfjörður	7.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	0 km	East
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	791 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1337 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Reykjavík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Elliðavatn (1.7 km² at a distance of 7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kistufell with a height of 909 meter (at a distance of 18.7 km and direction EastNorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Brennisteinsfjöll (Crater rows) at a distance of 24.6 km (direction SouthSouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 1.9 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.6 km2

3.5%

Wet nature

1 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.5%

Urban area

30.2 km2

66.2%

Infrastructure

3.5 km2

7.6%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Reykjavík in country Iceland

Reykjavík at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	44 km	East
2 Surtsey	Iceland	112 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	247 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Reykjavík
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	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Reykjavík
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Reykjavik

Type of weather in Reykjavik	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	5 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	11:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:05 Europe/Amsterdam