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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4962,Lat: 40.0723
Elevation	563 meter above sea level
Local time	17:49:56pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colmenar de Oreja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villaconejos	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Valle de San Juan-Los Vallejos	4.1 km	East
3 Cortijo de San Isidro	6 km	West
4 Nuevo Chinchón	8.5 km	NorthEast
5 La Montaña	9.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	42 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	460 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	498 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 281 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Upper, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Castro (1 km² at a height of around 567 meter above sea level) at a distance of 36.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 281.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 395 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 4%, low mountains: 96%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.9 km2

24.1%

Agriculture

53.3 km2

67.8%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balcón de Tajo-Urtajo in country Spain

Balcón de Tajo-Urtajo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape	Spain	10 km	WestSouthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	42 km	NorthNorthWest
3 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	46 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carrizales y sotos de Aranjuez	ES	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Colmenar de Oreja

Type of weather in Colmenar de Oreja	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	26 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam