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General information - Location

CountryNorthern Ireland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country Northeast
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.6541,Lat: 55.1978 marker
Elevation7 meter above sea level
Local time15:58:14pm
Name province/regionNorthern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityColeraine
Name Royal Portrush

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Portstewart4.1 km West
2 Coleraine7.7 km SouthSouthWest
3 Bushmills8.3 km East
4 Castlerock9.4 km West
5 Ballymoney16.9 km SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 BelfastNorthern-ireland82 km SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow   Scotland167 km East
3 Douglas   Isle-of-man181 km SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portrush lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Beg (5.8 km2 at a distance of 44.4 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 41 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 37 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Wet nature   0.5 km2 
 1.1% 
 Agriculture   33.4 km2 
 77.3% 
 Urban area   6.1 km2 
 14% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Portrush in country Northern-ireland


Portrush at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway CoastUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland12 km EastNorthEast
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the BoyneIreland169 km South
3 New LanarkUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland189 km East


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Portrush

Type of weather in Portrushlight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 1.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1004 mb
Humidity: 65 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:56 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Portrush - GB (longitude: -6.6541, latitude: 55.1978)
Distance weather station to place (direction Z): 0 Kilometers

17:00
11 degrees
1004 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
9 degrees
1003 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
6 degrees
1003 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
6 degrees
1002 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
5:00
6 degrees
1002 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
8:00
8 degrees
1001 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
9 degrees
998 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
14:00
9 degrees
999 mbar
moderate rainweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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