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General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country South
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.6796,Lat: 61.8099 marker
Elevation119 meter above sea level
Local time0:23:59am
At islandSandoy
Name province/regionSandoy
Name SubregionHúsavík

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Skálavík2.4 km NorthEast
2 Dalur2.8 km SouthSouthWest
3 Skarvanes4 km WestSouthWest
4 Sandur7.7 km NorthWest
5 Skúvoy8 km WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands25 km North
2 Glasgow   Scotland684 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland804 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Húsavík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km2 at a distance of 7.5 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Sandoy. The distance to the mainland is 359.8 km.


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 70%, hill: 26%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 663 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Húsavík in country Faroe-islands


Húsavík at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland366 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland460 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland592 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Sandoy region

Type of weather in Sandoy regionovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 15.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction: North East
Air pressure: 990 mb
Humidity: 75 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:13 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:04 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Sandoy region - FO (longitude: -6.6796, latitude: 61.8099)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): not known
4:00
4 degrees
988 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
7:00
4 degrees
985 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
3 degrees
983 mbar
light snowweericoon
13:00
3 degrees
982 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
4 degrees
981 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
6 degrees
981 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
6 degrees
984 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
6 degrees
987 mbar
light rainweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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