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General information - Location

CountryNorthern Ireland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country East
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -5.6672,Lat: 54.6592 marker
Elevation14 meter above sea level
Local time11:15:20am
Population61000 (6th largest city in country)
Name province/regionNorthern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityNorth Down
Name Bangor Castle

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Helen's Bay4.6 km WestNorthWest
2 Newtownards7.5 km SouthSouthWest
3 Donaghadee8.6 km EastSouthEast
4 Holywood9.3 km West
5 Millisle10.7 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 BelfastNorthern-ireland18 km West
2 Douglas   Isle-of-man95 km SouthEast
3 Dublin   Ireland154 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bangor lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stonyford Reservoir (0.5 km2 at a distance of 30.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Divis with a height of 478 meter (at a distance of 22.9 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 73.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 35 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 14 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   2.7 km2 
 5.1% 
 Agriculture   26.5 km2 
 51.1% 
 Urban area   18.7 km2 
 35.9% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Bangor in country Northern-ireland


Bangor 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 Ireland84 km NorthNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the BoyneIreland120 km SouthWest
3 New LanarkUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland164 km EastNorthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at North Down

Type of weather in North Downbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South East
Air pressure: 967 mb
Humidity: 92 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:51 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Bangor - GB (longitude: -5.6672, latitude: 54.6592)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNW): 0 Kilometers

13:00
6 degrees
968 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
6 degrees
969 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
7 degrees
971 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
22:00
4 degrees
974 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
1:00
2 degrees
976 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
2 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
7:00
8 degrees
977 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
10:00
10 degrees
978 mbar
light rainweericoon










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