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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1586,Lat: 52.7977
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	12:49:58pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	Mid-East
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wicklow
Name	Arklow No. 1 Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aughrim	13 km	NorthWest
2 Rathdrum	15.4 km	North
3 Gorey	16.5 km	SouthWest
4 Glenealy	19 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Tinahely	20.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	60 km	North
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	188 km	NorthEast
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	202 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Arklow lies at the Irish Sea (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vartry (1.5 km² at a distance of 28.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 141.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 198 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 Dublin Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.9 km2

8.9%

Nature

3.1 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

72.5%

Urban area

5.2 km2

9.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arklow in country Ireland

Arklow at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	102 km	North
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	132 km	East
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	142 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Buckroney-Brittas Dunes and Fen SAC	IE	5.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Arklow
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arklow

Type of weather in Arklow	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:22 Europe/Amsterdam