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Ballyvaughan

General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.1495,Lat: 53.1156
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	19:28:54pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	Mid-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Clare
Name Electoral Division	Drumcreehy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barna	15.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Furbogh	15.6 km	North
3 Spiddle	17.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Galway	20.1 km	NorthEast
5 Clarinbridge	21.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	193 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	268 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	329 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ballyvaughan lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lickeen Lough (0.8 km² at a distance of 17.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 149.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 210 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 71%, hill: 22%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 49 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.6 km2

31.7%

Agriculture

21 km2

35.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

18.9 km2

32.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballyvaughan in country Ireland

Ballyvaughan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	177 km	SouthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	190 km	East
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	295 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Inner Galway Bay SPA	IE	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ballyvaghan

Type of weather in Ballyvaghan	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	09:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:37 Europe/Amsterdam