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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2043,Lat: 60.534
Elevation	794 meter above sea level
Local time	22:47:11pm
Name province/region	Buskerud
Name Subregion	Hol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hol	10.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ål	22.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Torpo	31.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Svøo	41 km	NorthEast
5 Hemsedal	41.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	156 km	EastSouthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	572 km	EastSouthEast
3 København	Denmark	594 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 59 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Ustevatnet (16.9 km² at a height of around 984 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Folarskardnuten with a height of 1933 meter (at a distance of 24.6 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 216.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 303 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 81%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
ØVRE DAL- OG FJELLBYGDER I OPPLAND OG BUSKERUD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 165 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.2 km2

44.8%

Nature

19.6 km2

24.9%

Wet nature

7.7 km2

9.8%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

8.5%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Geilo in country Norway

Geilo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	76 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	97 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Bryggen	Norway	160 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Geilo

Type of weather in Geilo	snow
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	05:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam