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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5175,Lat: 54.0899
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	19:36:05pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sligo
Name Electoral Division	Ballymote

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Collooney	10.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ballysadare	13.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Tobercurry	14.4 km	West
4 Boyle	19.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Sligo	20.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	170 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	177 km	East
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	263 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Templehouse Lake (1.2 km² at a height of around 53 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 43 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 158 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.4%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Wet nature

6.7 km2

8.6%

Agriculture

66.8 km2

85.1%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballymote in country Ireland

Ballymote 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	142 km	EastSouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	184 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	292 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Templehouse and Cloonacleigha Loughs SAC	IE	3.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ballymote

Type of weather in Ballymote	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	09:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:33 Europe/Amsterdam