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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.1073,Lat: 53.4694
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	5:57:02am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galway
Name	Headford

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oughterard	14.8 km	West
2 Moycullen	15.4 km	SouthWest
3 Tuam	17.7 km	East
4 Ballinrobe	18.4 km	North
5 Galway	21.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	188 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	243 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	313 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction South).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 4.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 117 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 164 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

75.3 km2

95.9%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Headford in country Ireland

Headford 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	213 km	SouthWest
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	262 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Corrib SAC	IE	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Headford

Type of weather in Headford	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam