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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6209,Lat: 52.6607
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	19:21:20pm
Population	57000 (4th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	Mid-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limerick City
Name	St. Laurence

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clarina	7.4 km	West
2 Patrickswell	9.1 km	SouthWest
3 Castleconnell	10.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Cratloe	10.7 km	NorthWest
5 Caherconlish	12.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	174 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	280 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	321 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Limerick lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Gur (0.8 km² at a distance of 16.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 178.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 249 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 47%, low location: 53%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 21 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 75 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

41.1 km2

52.4%

Urban area

30.3 km2

38.6%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Limerick in country Ireland

Limerick at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	164 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	185 km	EastNorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	296 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lower River Shannon SAC	IE	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Limerick
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Limerick

Type of weather in Limerick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	09:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:22 Europe/Amsterdam