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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.7267,Lat: 54.9547
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	3:05:31am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Donegal
Name	Letterkenny Rural

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rathmelton	10.2 km	NorthEast
2 Convoy	11.3 km	South
3 Raphoe	12 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Millford	14.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Stranorlar	17 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	122 km	EastSouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	204 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	227 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Western. The nearest bigger lake is Fern Lake (1.8 km² at a height of around 18 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 17.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 87%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 102 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 37 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.4%

Wet nature

6.2 km2

7.9%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.9%

Urban area

12.9 km2

16.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Letterkenny in country Ireland

Letterkenny at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	East
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	163 km	SouthSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	262 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Swilly SAC	IE	1 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Letterkenny

Type of weather in Letterkenny	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:17 Europe/Amsterdam