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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -21.0334,Lat: 63.9445
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	15:49:50pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Sveitarfélagið Ölfus
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Selfoss	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Hveragerði	9.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Eyrarbakki	10.9 km	SouthWest
4 Stokkseyri	12.3 km	SouthWest
5 Þorlákshöfn	19.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	47 km	NorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	746 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1291 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Hvita, Blanda, Austari-Jokulsa, Thjorsa, Skjalfandafjot, Jokulsa a Flollum, part of the larger catchment area Icelandic basins. The nearest bigger lake is Hestvatn (7 km² at a distance of 15.2 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hengill with a height of 803 meter (at a distance of 20.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Grímsnes (Crater rows) at a distance of 12.6 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 80%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

41.7 km2

53.1%

Wet nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

21 km2

26.8%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.4%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Árbæjarhverfi in country Iceland

Árbæjarhverfi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	35 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	75 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	213 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Selfoss

Type of weather in Selfoss	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 11 October 2026:	10 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	10:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:20 Europe/Amsterdam