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Burntisland

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2292,Lat: 56.0615
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	23:13:22pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Fife
Name Electoral Ward	Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kinghorn	3.3 km	East
2 Aberdour	4.5 km	West
3 Auchtertool	4.8 km	North
4 Kirkcaldy	6.9 km	NorthEast
5 Donibristle	7.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	69 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	227 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	237 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Burntisland lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Leven (13.7 km² at a distance of 14.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 73.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 15 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

6.1%

Nature

1.2 km2

2.9%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

75.5%

Urban area

2.8 km2

6.6%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Burntisland in country Scotland

Burntisland at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	12 km	WestSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	12 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Burntisland

Type of weather in Burntisland	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 20 July 2026:	16 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:44 Europe/Amsterdam