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Búðardalur

General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country Northwest
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -21.7629,Lat: 65.1085 marker
Elevation19 meter above sea level
Local time13:04:44pm
At islandIceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)Dalabyggð
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Bifröst39.7 km SouthSouthWest
2 Reykhólar42.9 km North
3 Stykkishólmur45 km WestNorthWest
4 Laugarbakki47.7 km East
5 Hvammstangi50.6 km EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland110 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands809 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1397 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Búðardalur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Haukadalsvatn (3 km2 at a distance of 7.8 km in Southern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Ljósufjöll (Fissure vent) at a distance of 35 km (direction WestSouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 82%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. 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 134 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 111 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   30.8 km2 
 71.6% 
 Wet nature   8.1 km2 
 18.9% 
 Agriculture   3.5 km2 
 8.2% 
 Urban area   0.5 km2 
 1.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Búðardalur in country Iceland


Búðardalur at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Búðardalur Iceland Location marker for Búðardalur

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Þingvellir National ParkIceland101 km South
2 SurtseyIceland210 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland236 km SouthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at West

Type of weather in Westscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1012 mb
Humidity: 79 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :10:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:02 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

West - IS (longitude: -21.7629, latitude: 65.1085)
Distance weather station to place (direction