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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.4197,Lat: 28.3382
Elevation	645 meter above sea level
Local time	15:03:28pm
At island	Tenerife
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arafo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chacaica	1.6 km	South
2 La Hidalga	2 km	SouthEast
3 Malpaís	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Güímar	2.6 km	South
5 Las Cuevecitas	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1304 km	NorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1328 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1742 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 89.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Teide with a height of 3718 meter (at a distance of 23.1 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Teide (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 22.8 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1262.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1768 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 18%, hill: 27%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 26%, high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 35 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 17 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.2%

Nature

16.6 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

38.6%

Viticulture

1.8 km2

2.3%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.2%

Rock-Sand

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arafo in country Spain

Arafo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	18 km	NorthEast
2 Teide National Park	Spain	23 km	West
3 Garajonay National Park	Spain	83 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	ES	1.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arafo

Type of weather in Arafo	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam