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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.771,Lat: 40.6653
Elevation	888 meter above sea level
Local time	6:55:14am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colmenar Viejo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Los Rancajales	7.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Tres Cantos	8.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Soto del Real	9.3 km	North
4 Soto de Viñuelas	9.4 km	SouthEast
5 San Antonio	10.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	28 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	485 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	505 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Manzanares el Real o de Santillana (9.7 km² at a height of around 895 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cabeza de Hierro with a height of 2383 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 228.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 320 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 76%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 28 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Nature

66.5 km2

84.7%

Agriculture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Colmenar Viejo in country Spain

Colmenar Viejo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	29 km	South
2 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	31 km	West
3 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	40 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Manzanares	ES	2.4 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Colmenar Viejo

Type of weather in Colmenar Viejo	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam