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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9448,Lat: 40.5657
Elevation	780 meter above sea level
Local time	16:12:13pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torrelodones

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Estación	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Los Bomberos	2 km	East
3 Torrelodones	2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Roncesvalles	2.2 km	West
5 Fuente La Teja	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	28 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	487 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	501 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Valmayor (7.5 km² at a height of around 833 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 18.7 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 221.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 310 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 58%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 34 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.5 km2

15.9%

Nature

37.6 km2

47.8%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.4%

Urban area

25.9 km2

32.9%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Gasco in country Spain

El Gasco 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	16 km	WestNorthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	28 km	SouthEast
3 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	45 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Guadarrama	ES	0.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torrelodones

Type of weather in Torrelodones	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam