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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.667,Lat: 28.136
Elevation	165 meter above sea level
Local time	19:02:49pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gáldar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrial	0.6 km	NorthEast
2 San Isidro	0.7 km	SouthEast
3 Las Majadillas	0.8 km	East
4 La Enconada	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Marmolejos	1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1290 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1292 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1716 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.2 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 17.7 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1236.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1731 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 57%, hill: 31%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 79 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15.2 km2

24.5%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

65.8%

Urban area

5.3 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Roque in country Spain

El Roque at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	10 km	SouthSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	76 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	100 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Amagro	ES	0.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gáldar

Type of weather in Gáldar	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	08:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam