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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -10.0206,Lat: 53.4891
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	18:05:50pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galway
Name	Clifden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oughterard	46.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Inishmore	47.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Westport	47.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Spiddle	54.7 km	SouthEast
5 Ballinrobe	54.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	248 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	294 km	East
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	371 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Clifden lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Ballynakill Lough (0.6 km² at a distance of 7.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mweelrea with a height of 814 meter (at a distance of 20.8 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 161.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 226 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 114 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 74 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

3.1%

Nature

7 km2

10.2%

Wet nature

42.4 km2

61.7%

Agriculture

14.8 km2

21.5%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Clifden in country Ireland

Clifden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	195 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	236 km	East
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	302 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex SAC	IE	0.2 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Clifden

Type of weather in Clifden	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:35 Europe/Amsterdam