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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.5449,Lat: 54.3811
Elevation	26 meter above sea level
Local time	18:09:05pm
Name province/region (Province)	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ards
Name	Portaferry

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Killyleagh	7.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Portavogie	11 km	NorthEast
3 Kircubbin	12 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Downpatrick	12.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Crossgar	13.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	34 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	73 km	EastSouthEast
3 Dublin	Ireland	127 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portaferry lies at the Irish Sea (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lough Island Reavy Reservoir (0.8 km² at a distance of 33.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 56.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Portaferry and North Lecale

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 34 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.3%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

52.1 km2

87.6%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portaferry in country Northern-ireland

Portaferry 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	97 km	SouthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	114 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	160 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portaferry

Type of weather in Portaferry	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	09:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:13 Europe/Amsterdam