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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5848,Lat: 52.8555
Elevation	127 meter above sea level
Local time	2:04:57am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Midland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Laois
Name	Rathdowney

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Durrow	12.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Abbeyleix	17.1 km	East
3 Templemore	17.8 km	West
4 Mountrath	18.1 km	NorthEast
5 Roscrea	18.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	102 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	223 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	252 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 72 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Eastern. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Derg (Loch Deirgeirt) (118.4 km² at a distance of 45.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 141.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 198 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 92 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Waterford Airport (at a distance of 82 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

77.2 km2

98.3%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rathdowney in country Ireland

Rathdowney 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	120 km	NorthEast
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	224 km	East
3 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	234 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Galmoy Fen SAC	IE	5.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rathdowney

Type of weather in Rathdowney	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:21 Europe/Amsterdam