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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5657,Lat: 36.9876
Elevation	768 meter above sea level
Local time	1:29:19am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dúrcal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cozvijar	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Marchena	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Nigüelas	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Cónchar	3.1 km	SouthWest
5 Acequias	3.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	184 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	380 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	533 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Beznar (3.1 km² at a height of around 488 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 19.3 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 182.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 256 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 51%, high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 90 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Nature

29.2 km2

37.1%

Agriculture

44.2 km2

56.2%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

3.5 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dúrcal in country Spain

Dúrcal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	21 km	North
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	88 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	114 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	1.6 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Dúrcal
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dúrcal

Type of weather in Dúrcal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	13 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam