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Bantry

General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.4468,Lat: 51.6827
Elevation	90 meter above sea level
Local time	19:33:26pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	South-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cork
Name Electoral Division	Bantry Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skull	18.7 km	SouthWest
2 Skibbereen	19.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Dunmanway	23.3 km	East
4 Kenmare	24 km	North
5 Clonakilty	38.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	283 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	401 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	432 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bantry lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Western. The nearest bigger lake is Cloonee Lough (0.8 km² at a distance of 20.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 300.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 421 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 92%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 119 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kerry Airport (at a distance of 56 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

2.2%

Nature

2 km2

3.2%

Wet nature

8.6 km2

14%

Agriculture

47 km2

76.4%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.7%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bantry in country Ireland

Bantry at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	76 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	302 km	NorthEast
3 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	333 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland SAC	IE	7.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bantry

Type of weather in Bantry	clear sky
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:41 Europe/Amsterdam