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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1794,Lat: 51.5011
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	1:24:50am
Population	328000 (1th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Caerdydd#Cardiff
Name	Cathays

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leckwith	5.2 km	SouthWest
2 Newton	5.6 km	East
3 Tongwynlais	5.9 km	NorthWest
4 Thornhill	6.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Michaelston-Le-Pit	6.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	0 km	East
2 London	England	214 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	233 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Llandegfedd Reservoir (2.1 km² at a distance of 24.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 145 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cardiff International Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.8%

Wet nature

1.7 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

7.3 km2

9.3%

Urban area

58.6 km2

75.2%

Infrastructure

3.2 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cardiff in country Wales

Cardiff at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31 km	NorthNorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	EastSouthEast
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Cardiff
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cathays

Type of weather in Cathays	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam