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Colmenar del Arroyo

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.1975,Lat: 40.4179
Elevation	668 meter above sea level
Local time	23:03:17pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colmenar del Arroyo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valle del Sol	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Chapinería	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Navas del Rey	5.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Residencia de Jesuitas	7.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Fresnedillas de la Oliva	8.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	44 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	461 km	West
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	480 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 330 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Medium - Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Picadas (0.6 km² at a height of around 519 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 22.4 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 210.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 294 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 87%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.5 km2

8.2%

Nature

68.6 km2

87.2%

Agriculture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Colmenar del Arroyo in country Spain

Colmenar del Arroyo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	19 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	43 km	East
3 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	51 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Encinares del río Alberche y río Cofio	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Colmenar del Arroyo

Type of weather in Colmenar del Arroyo	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam