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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4726,Lat: 40.4368
Elevation	562 meter above sea level
Local time	14:21:43pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torrejón de Ardoz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torrejón de Ardoz	2.7 km	North
2 Los Sapos	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Mejorada del Campo	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 San Fernando de Henares	4.9 km	West
5 Los Berrocales del Jarama	5.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	17 km	West
2 Andorra	Andorra	475 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	498 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 El Pardo (5.3 km² at a height of around 631 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 263.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 369 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8.7 km2

11.1%

Agriculture

45.8 km2

58.3%

Urban area

20.9 km2

26.5%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Castillo in country Spain

El Castillo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	10 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	18 km	West
3 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape	Spain	46 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vegas, cuestas y páramos del sureste de Madrid	ES	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torrejón de Ardoz

Type of weather in Torrejón de Ardoz	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam