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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.0303,Lat: 40.6083
Elevation	883 meter above sea level
Local time	10:26:21am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galapagar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Casa del Congosto	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 El Pocillo	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 España	1.8 km	North
4 Bellavista	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Navalquejigo	2.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	36 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	482 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	504 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 309 km (direction North).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 2.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 212.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 297 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 43 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.2 km2

24.5%

Nature

36.4 km2

46.4%

Urban area

21.1 km2

26.9%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Guijo in country Spain

El Guijo 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	8.6 km	West
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	36 km	SouthEast
3 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	39 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Guadarrama	ES	2.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Collado Villalba

Type of weather in Collado Villalba	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam