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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.57,Lat: 36.5954
Elevation	375 meter above sea level
Local time	11:52:48am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Benalmádena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Sierrezuela	1 km	SouthWest
2 Santana	1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 La Perla-Torremuelle	1.9 km	South
4 Torrequebrada	1.9 km	SouthEast
5 La Capellanía	2.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	85 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	429 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	473 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Limonero (1.1 km² at a height of around 941 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 84 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 118 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 38%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 2%, 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 nature.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 85 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.7 km2

16.3%

Nature

25.9 km2

43.4%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

7.4%

Urban area

15.7 km2

26.4%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benalmádena in country Spain

Benalmádena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	47 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	WestSouthWest
3 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	107 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Fuengirola	ES	8.9 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Benalmádena

Type of weather in Benalmádena	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam