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Grindavík

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -22.4347,Lat: 63.843
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	13:27:42pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Grindavíkurbær
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hafnir	15.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vogar	16.2 km	NorthEast
3 Njarðvík	17.1 km	North
4 Keflavík	19.2 km	North
5 Sandgerði	24.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	42 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	812 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1340 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grindavík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).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 22.1 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Thrihnukagigur (Crater rows) at a distance of 5.2 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, 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 18 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 41 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

36.5 km2

74.1%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

0.8 km2

1.6%

Urban area

5.1 km2

10.4%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

5.5 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grindavík in country Iceland

Grindavík at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	83 km	East
2 Surtsey	Iceland	108 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	281 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grindavik

Type of weather in Grindavik	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	9 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	10:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:08 Europe/Amsterdam