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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.6086,Lat: 53.3117
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	3:17:43am
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	Mid-East
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kildare
Name	Straffan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Celbridge	5.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Clane	5.6 km	West
3 Kill	7.3 km	South
4 Newcastle	7.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Maynooth	7.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	22 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	150 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	169 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Poullaphuca (19.7 km² at a distance of 16.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kippure with a height of 757 meter (at a distance of 23.8 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 81 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 26 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

73.4 km2

93.5%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Straffan in country Ireland

Straffan 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	44 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	156 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	167 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC	IE	8.4 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Straffan

Type of weather in Straffan	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:17 Europe/Amsterdam