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Balla

General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.1306,Lat: 53.8035
Elevation	107 meter above sea level
Local time	19:32:30pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mayo
Name Electoral Division	Balla
Other place with same name 1	Balla Veneto - Padova

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kiltamagh	9.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Turlough	10.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Castlebar	12.3 km	NorthWest
4 Claremorris	12.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Swinford	19.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	196 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	226 km	East
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	306 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Carrowmore Lough (0.6 km² at a height of around 26 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 94.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly western 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 124 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ireland West Knock Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.2%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.9%

Wet nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

67 km2

85.3%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balla in country Ireland

Balla 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	176 km	EastSouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	235 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	246 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Balla Turlough SAC	IE	0.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balla

Type of weather in Balla	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	09:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:36 Europe/Amsterdam