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Arousa

General information - Location

CountrySpain
Location in country Northwest
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -8.869,Lat: 42.5618 marker
Elevation8 meter above sea level
Local time9:23:52am
At islandIsla-de-arosa
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityIlla de Arousa, A

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Vilanova de Arousa3.5 km EastSouthEast
2 Vilamaior3.6 km EastSouthEast
3 Cardalda5.1 km EastSouthEast
4 O Monte5.3 km SouthEast
5 Tragove5.6 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Lisboa   Portugal426 km SouthSouthWest
2 MadridSpain498 km SouthEast
3 Gibraltar   Gibraltar778 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Arousa lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km2 at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 60.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 85 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 51%, low location: 49%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 42 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   0.4 km2 
 2.7% 
 Nature   2.6 km2 
 16.3% 
 Wet nature   2.8 km2 
 17.6% 
 Agriculture   6.7 km2 
 41.4% 
 Urban area   2.8 km2 
 17.4% 
 Rock-Sand   0.7 km2 
 4.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Arousa in country Spain


Arousa at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)Spain44 km NorthEast
2 Tower of HerculesSpain98 km NorthEast
3 Roman Walls of LugoSpain118 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de GaliciaES0.1 km WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Vilanova de Arousa

Type of weather in Vilanova de Arousabroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 1.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South
Air pressure: 1015 mb
Humidity: 94 %
Daylength at 25 June 2025:15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :06:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:17 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Vilanova de Arousa - ES (longitude: -8.869, latitude: 42.5618)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): not known
11:00
20 degrees
1016 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
21 degrees
1018 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
17:00
20 degrees
1019 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
20:00
17 degrees
1020 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
23:00
17 degrees
1021 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
2:00
16 degrees
1020 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
5:00
16 degrees
1022 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
8:00
21 degrees
1022 mbar
few cloudsweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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