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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.2604,Lat: 53.1411
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	5:59:28am
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Gwynedd#Gwynedd
Name	Cadnant

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caeathro	1.2 km	SouthEast
2 Pont-Rug	2.5 km	East
3 Bontnewydd	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Llanfaglan	3.1 km	SouthWest
5 Dinas	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	115 km	North
2 Dublin	Ireland	136 km	WestNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	196 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Caernarfon lies at the Irish Sea (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western Wales. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Padarn (0.8 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Snowdon with a height of 1085 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 78.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 110 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 87%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 134 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Anglesey Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

59 km2

85.8%

Urban area

4.4 km2

6.4%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Caernarfon in country Wales

Caernarfon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1.1 km	West
2 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	10 km	EastSouthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	81 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Caernarfon
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caernarfon

Type of weather in Caernarfon	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam