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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9717,Lat: 52.9935
Elevation	66 meter above sea level
Local time	20:09:35pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	Mid-East
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kildare
Name Electoral Division	Athy East Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stradbally	12.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Castledermot	12.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monasterevin	17.3 km	North
4 Carlow	17.9 km	South
5 Kildare	18.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	60 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	192 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	210 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Poullaphuca (19.7 km² at a distance of 29.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 118.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 166 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

72 km2

91.7%

Urban area

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Athy in country Ireland

Athy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	85 km	NorthEast
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	181 km	East
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	191 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
River Barrow and River Nore SAC	IE	0.9 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Athy

Type of weather in Athy	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:29 Europe/Amsterdam