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Garður

General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country West
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -22.6525,Lat: 64.0713 marker
Elevation10 meter above sea level
Local time23:04:37pm
At islandIceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)Sveitarfélagið Garður
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Sandgerði4.9 km WestSouthWest
2 Keflavík8.5 km South
3 Njarðvík10.6 km South
4 Hafnir15.7 km SouthSouthWest
5 Vogar16.3 km SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland37 km EastSouthEast
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands825 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1363 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Garður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Kleifarvatn (8.4 km2 at a distance of 35.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Thrihnukagigur (Crater rows) at a distance of 22.7 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, 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 10 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 35 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   20 km2 
 68% 
 Wet nature   3.5 km2 
 12% 
 Agriculture   2 km2 
 6.8% 
 Urban area   2.4 km2 
 8.2% 
 Infrastructure   0.2 km2 
 0.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Garður in country Iceland


Garður at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Garður Iceland Location marker for Garður

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


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Þingvellir National ParkIceland81 km EastSouthEast
2 SurtseyIceland131 km SouthSouthEast
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland283 km EastSouthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sangerdi

Type of weather in Sangerdibroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: South South East
Air pressure: 986 mb
Humidity: 87 %
Daylength at 13 October 2026:10 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :10:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:23 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Sangerdi - IS (longitude: -22.6525, latitude: 64.0713)
Distance weather station to place (direction