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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.3197,Lat: 53.4286
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	10:56:22am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galway
Name	Oughterard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moycullen	13.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Headford	14.8 km	East
3 Spiddle	20.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Furbogh	21.2 km	South
5 Ballinrobe	22.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	202 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	257 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	328 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction West).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 1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 130.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 36%, low location: 64%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern 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 85 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

Nature

3.9 km2

Wet nature

24.9 km2

31.7%

Agriculture

20.3 km2

25.8%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

21.5 km2

27.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oughterard in country Ireland

Oughterard 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	192 km	East
2 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	203 km	SouthWest
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	274 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Corrib SAC	IE	0.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oughterard

Type of weather in Oughterard	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam