Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Telemark
• Level 2: Skien

Current local time in Skien:

03:30 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Skien on map:^[1]

Skien GPS coordinates^[2]

59° 12' 34.632" North, 9° 36' 32.292" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	59.56766°,	8.90585°
Center:	59.20962°,	9.60897°
Lower-right:	58.84779°,	10.3121°
Map W x H:	80×80 km	= 49.7×49.7mi

max Lat:	71.04137°   ⇑86.7% North
Skien:	59.20962°
min Lat:	⇓13.3% South 58.0274°

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min Long	Skien	max Long
4.71485°	9.60897°	31.11066°
W 44.6%⇐		⇒55.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Skien is 27 m = 89 ft, and this is 77.2 m = 253 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	897 m = 2943 ft	60.1%
Avg.	104.2 m = 342 ft
Skien	27 m = 89 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	39.9%

See also: Skien elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Skien is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 817.7 km =508.1 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Skien
North Pole	3423.6	2127.3	to North
Arctic Circle	817.7	508.1	to North
Tropic Cancer	3977.6	2471.6	to South
Equator	6583.5	4090.8	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Skien: (largest is in red/bold)

• Andebu 34 km =21.1 mi, 71°
• Bø 38.1 km =23.7 mi, 306°
• Gvarv 31.7 km =19.7 mi, 308°
• Herre 12.1 km =7.5 mi, 192°
• Kvelde 20.6 km =12.8 mi, 95°
• Langangen 17.6 km =10.9 mi, 140°
• Langesund 24.6 km =15.3 mi, 161°
• Larvik 29.9 km =18.6 mi, 125°
• Lunde 30.4 km =18.9 mi, 288°
• Porsgrunn 8.1 km =5 mi, 160°
• Prestestranda 33.8 km =21 mi, 248°
• Sandefjord 35.7 km =22.2 mi, 104°
• Siljan 10.5 km =6.5 mi, 33°
• Stavern 33.6 km =20.9 mi, 133°
• Ulefoss 21.1 km =13.1 mi, 292°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Шиен
• In Chinese: 希恩