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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2681,Lat: 59.4172
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	10:57:46am
Name province/region (Fylke)	Rogaland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Haugesund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eike	6.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Førdesfjorden	6.9 km	East
3 Visnes	7.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Aksdal	10.2 km	East
5 Våre	12 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	314 km	East
2 København	Denmark	600 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	697 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Haugesund lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 51.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 357.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 500 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 91%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 64 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 8.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

16.4%

Nature

11.1 km2

20.6%

Agriculture

14.2 km2

26.4%

Urban area

17.6 km2

32.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Haugesund in country Norway

Haugesund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	109 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	195 km	EastNorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	239 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Haugesund

Type of weather in Haugesund	light rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	08:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:58 Europe/Amsterdam