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General information - Location

CountryIreland
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -7.6022,Lat: 54.8738 marker
Elevation90 meter above sea level
Local time10:30:48am
Name province/regionBorder Midland and Western
Name SubregionBorder
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityDonegal
Name Raphoe

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Convoy4.3 km West
2 Lifford7.7 km SouthEast
3 Castlefin7.9 km South
4 Killygordan10.1 km SouthWest
5 Strabane   10.5 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Belfast   Northern-ireland112 km EastSouthEast
2 DublinIreland193 km SouthSouthEast
3 Douglas   Isle-of-man216 km SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Western. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Swilly (Loch Súilí) (1.6 km2 at a distance of 20.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.3 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 87%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 34 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   1.4 km2 
 1.8% 
 Nature   4.5 km2 
 5.7% 
 Wet nature   3.2 km2 
 4% 
 Agriculture   67.8 km2 
 86.3% 
 Urban area   1.7 km2 
 2.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Raphoe in country Ireland


Raphoe 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 Ireland83 km EastNorthEast
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the BoyneIreland152 km SouthSouthEast
3 New LanarkUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland258 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
River Finn SACIE8.1 km SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Raphoe

Type of weather in Raphoeovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South
Air pressure: 1007 mb
Humidity: 77 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:12 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Raphoe - IE (longitude: -7.6022, latitude: 54.8738)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNW): 0 Kilometers

14:00
14 degrees
1006 mbar
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17:00
14 degrees
1006 mbar
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20:00
10 degrees
1007 mbar
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23:00
8 degrees
1008 mbar
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2:00
9 degrees
1008 mbar
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5:00
9 degrees
1009 mbar
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8:00
10 degrees
1011 mbar
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11:00
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