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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.5229,Lat: 40.3577
Elevation	1007 meter above sea level
Local time	14:46:36pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Avila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barco de Avila, El

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Navatejares	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 La Carrera	2.9 km	West
3 San Lorenzo de Tormes	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Los Llanos de Tormes	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 El Losar del Barco	4.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	157 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	357 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	466 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 266 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Fuente Santa (0.8 km² at a height of around 606 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.3 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Almanzor with a height of 2592 meter (at a distance of 23 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Sierra de Gredos The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 107.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 150 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 99%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northern 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 167 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 66 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.1 km2

14.2%

Nature

49.8 km2

63.4%

Agriculture

16.6 km2

21.1%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Barco de Ávila in country Spain

El Barco de Ávila at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	69 km	North
2 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	77 km	EastNorthEast
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	102 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Tormes y afluentes	ES	0.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Barco de Ávila

Type of weather in El Barco de Ávila	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam