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General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country Northeast
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -18.1018,Lat: 65.6832 marker
Elevation38 meter above sea level
Local time11:48:32am
Population18000 (4th largest city in country)
At islandIceland
Name province/regionAkureyrarkaupstaður

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Svalbarðseyri6.8 km NorthNorthEast
2 Kristnes9.8 km SouthSouthWest
3 Hrafnagilshverfi12.6 km SouthSouthWest
4 Hauganes28.2 km North
5 Grenivík29.7 km NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland252 km WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands682 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1322 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Akureyri lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ljósavatn (3 km2 at a distance of 18.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Háafell with a height of 918 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 63%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 289 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Akureyri Airport (at a distance of 2.9 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   1.2 km2 
 1.7% 
 Nature   29.8 km2 
 44.5% 
 Wet nature   7.2 km2 
 10.8% 
 Agriculture   12.3 km2 
 18.3% 
 Urban area   8.1 km2 
 12.2% 
 Infrastructure   1.2 km2 
 1.8% 
 Water - Lakes   0.8 km2 
 1.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Akureyri in country Iceland


Akureyri at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland135 km South
2 Þingvellir National ParkIceland214 km WestSouthWest
3 SurtseyIceland296 km SouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Akureyri

Type of weather in Akureyrilight snow weericoon
Current temperature: -1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North East
Air pressure: 1011 mb
Humidity: 80 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:13 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :07:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:56 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Akureyri - IS (longitude: -18.1018, latitude: 65.6832)
Distance weather station to place (direction O): 0 Kilometers

13:00
-1 degrees
1011 mbar
light snowweericoon
16:00
-2 degrees
1012 mbar
light snowweericoon
19:00
-2 degrees
1013 mbar
light snowweericoon
22:00
-3 degrees
1014 mbar
snowweericoon
1:00
-3 degrees
1014 mbar
light snowweericoon
4:00
-4 degrees
1015 mbar
snowweericoon
7:00
-3 degrees
1016 mbar
light snowweericoon
10:00
-2 degrees
1017 mbar
light snowweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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