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Ballyshannon

General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1903,Lat: 54.5016
Elevation	61 meter above sea level
Local time	19:18:55pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Donegal
Name Electoral Division	Ballyshannon Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bundoran	6 km	West
2 Donegal	17.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cliffony	18.8 km	West
4 Manorhamilton	22 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Killybegs	22.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	146 km	East
2 Dublin	Ireland	181 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	243 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ballyshannon lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Western. The nearest bigger lake is Assaroe Lake (2.3 km² at a height of around 29 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 128 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

4.1%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Wet nature

4.8 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

61 km2

77.9%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballyshannon in country Ireland

Ballyshannon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	138 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	145 km	SouthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	298 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Donegal Bay SPA	IE	0.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ballyshannon

Type of weather in Ballyshannon	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam