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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6983,Lat: 41.9442
Elevation	683 meter above sea level
Local time	16:31:37pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Zamora
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arcos de la Polvorosa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Colomba de las Monjas	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Casas de Cejines	3.2 km	North
3 Barcial del Barco	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Villaveza del Agua	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Milles de la Polvorosa	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	241 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	457 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	600 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 174 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de Salina Grande (2.1 km² at a distance of 14.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 56.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 244 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 72 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.1 km2

26.9%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

55.1 km2

70.1%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcos de la Polvorosa in country Spain

Arcos de la Polvorosa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	107 km	NorthWest
2 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	109 km	South
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	158 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Esla y afluentes	ES	0.7 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Arcos de la Polvorosa

Type of weather in Arcos de la Polvorosa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam