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Hafnarfjörður

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -21.9522,Lat: 64.0708
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	15:42:29pm
Population	27000 (3th largest city in country)
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Hafnarfjarðarbær
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Garðabær	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Álftanes	5.2 km	North
3 Kópavogur	5.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Reykjavík	7.8 km	NorthEast
5 Seltjarnarnes	9.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	7.8 km	NorthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	792 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1335 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hafnarfjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Elliðavatn (1.7 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Krýsuvík (Crater rows) at a distance of 17.6 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 33 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 6.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

3.4%

Nature

27.5 km2

45.7%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

2.4 km2

3.9%

Urban area

18.6 km2

30.9%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.4%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hafnarfjörður in country Iceland

Hafnarfjörður at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	49 km	East
2 Surtsey	Iceland	108 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	251 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hafnarfjörður
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hafnarfjordur

Type of weather in Hafnarfjordur	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 11 October 2026:	10 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	10:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:23 Europe/Amsterdam