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Akureyri

Northeast · Iceland
City population
19,219
#5
in Iceland
#26,164
worldwide
ReykjavíkAkureyri
65.684, -18.088 · 249 km from Reykjavík
Share of Iceland
4.9%
Of the national population
Elevation
Not recorded
Distance to capital
To Reykjavík
Time zone
Atlantic/Reykjavik
IANA zone identifier

About Akureyri

Akureyri is a city in Northeast, Iceland with a population of 19,219. It is the 5th largest of the 6 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iceland, and the 26,164th largest worldwide. It lies 249 km from Reykjavík.

Position in Iceland
#5of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Northeast
Coordinates
65.684, -18.088
Record updated
10 July 2024
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

Nearby Cities

All 6 in Iceland

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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