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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.9748,Lat: 52.6005
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	19:12:58pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	Mid-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limerick
Name Electoral Division	Askeaton West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pallaskenry	8.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Rathkeale	9 km	South
3 Shannon	14.3 km	NorthEast
4 Clarina	17.4 km	East
5 Newcastle	17.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	198 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	300 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	345 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Askeaton lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Rosroe Lough (1.1 km² at a distance of 20.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 194.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 272 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 12 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kerry Airport (at a distance of 60 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.2%

Wet nature

7.1 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

63.4 km2

80.7%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Askeaton in country Ireland

Askeaton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	141 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	208 km	EastNorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	321 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA	IE	0.4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Askeaton

Type of weather in Askeaton	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1036 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:37 Europe/Amsterdam