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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: -4.1324,Lat: 52.9258
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	3:58:34am
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Gwynedd#Gwynedd
Name	Porthmadog West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tremadog	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Morfa Bychan	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Portmeirion	2.7 km	SouthEast
4 Minffordd	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Penmorfa	2.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	140 km	North
2 Dublin	Ireland	150 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cardiff	Wales	172 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western Wales. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Trawsfynydd (5.2 km² at a distance of 10.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Snowdon with a height of 1085 meter (at a distance of 16.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 65.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 50%, hill: 10%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 132 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Anglesey Airport (at a distance of 45 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

Nature

12.6 km2

18.1%

Wet nature

13.6 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

30 km2

43%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.4%

Rock-Sand

3.4 km2

4.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porthmadog in country Wales

Porthmadog at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	26 km	North
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	East

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Porthmadog

Type of weather in Porthmadog	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam