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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9307,Lat: 55.8804
Elevation	156 meter above sea level
Local time	9:40:15am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	North Lanarkshire
Name	Airdrie North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Airdriehill	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Airdrie	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gartness	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Caldercruix	3.2 km	East
5 Stand	3.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	21 km	WestSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	192 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	195 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 34 km (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Strathclyde Loch (0.7 km² at a distance of 11.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 103.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 63%, hill: 37%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 59 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.4%

Nature

19.5 km2

24.8%

Wet nature

7.4 km2

9.4%

Agriculture

29.6 km2

37.6%

Urban area

12.8 km2

16.3%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plains in country Scotland

Plains at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	26 km	South
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	East
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at North Lanarkshire

Type of weather in North Lanarkshire	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	09:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:56 Europe/Amsterdam