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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.0382,Lat: 53.2822
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:21:57pm
Population	76000 (3th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galway City
Name	St. Nicholas#Toghroinn San Niocláis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barna	8 km	West
2 Moycullen	11.4 km	NorthWest
3 Clarinbridge	12 km	SouthEast
4 Furbogh	12.3 km	West
5 Spiddle	18.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	183 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	251 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	315 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Galway lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Corrib (171.5 km² at a distance of 3.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 130.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 71%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 6.7 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.3%

Nature

2.1 km2

3.4%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

25.8 km2

43%

Urban area

22.7 km2

37.8%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galway in country Ireland

Galway 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	177 km	East
2 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	197 km	SouthWest
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	276 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Galway Bay Complex SAC	IE	0.3 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Galway

Type of weather in Galway	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	09:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:20 Europe/Amsterdam