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Álftanes

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -22.0137,Lat: 64.1096
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	12:19:38pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Garðabær
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Garðabær	5 km	SouthEast
2 Hafnarfjörður	5.2 km	South
3 Seltjarnarnes	5.3 km	NorthEast
4 Kópavogur	6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Reykjavík	6.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	6.2 km	East
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	795 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1340 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Álftanes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Elliðavatn (1.7 km² at a distance of 10.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kistufell with a height of 909 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction East).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Krýsuvík (Crater rows) at a distance of 20.8 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 59%, low location: 41%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 32 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 4.2 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.8 km2

19.2%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

10.1%

Agriculture

3.3 km2

13.1%

Urban area

9.9 km2

39.8%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

7.5%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Álftanes in country Iceland

Álftanes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	50 km	East
2 Surtsey	Iceland	113 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	252 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alftanes

Type of weather in Alftanes	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	9 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	10:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:06 Europe/Amsterdam