Fuglafjørður

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8065,Lat: 62.2469
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	13:00:39pm
Population	2000 (3th largest city in country)
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Eysturoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)	Fuglafjørður

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hellurnar	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Oyndarfjørður	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Leirvík	5.8 km	SouthEast
4 Norðragøta	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Húsar	6.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	25 km	South
2 Glasgow	Scotland	733 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	779 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fuglafjørður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 12.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Eysturoy. The distance to the mainland is 392.9 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 67%, hill: 30%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised).
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 679 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 32 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fuglafjørður in country Faroe-islands

Fuglafjørður at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Fuglafjørður Faroe Islands

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	411 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	506 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	560 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Fuglafjørður
	Video's op Vimeo
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Fuglafjørður
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fuglafjørður

Type of weather in Fuglafjørður	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1031 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	9 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	09:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:08 Europe/Amsterdam