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Arousa

Arousa

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.869,Lat: 42.5618
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	9:23:52am
At island	Isla-de-arosa
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Illa de Arousa, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vilanova de Arousa	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vilamaior	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Cardalda	5.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 O Monte	5.3 km	SouthEast
5 Tragove	5.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	426 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	498 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	778 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)	Spain	44 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	98 km	NorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	118 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.1 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 Arousa	broken clouds
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