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Gijón/Xixón

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6711,Lat: 43.5303
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	17:59:32pm
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gijón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Granda de Baxo	2.6 km	South
2 Granda de Riba	3.4 km	South
3 Castiello Bernueces	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Somió	3.6 km	East
5 Mareo de Baxo	3.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	384 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Andorra	Andorra	599 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	603 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gijón/Xixón lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de San Andrés de los Tacones (0.5 km² at a height of around 40 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 188.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 263 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 233 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 30 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

28.2 km2

45%

Urban area

28.3 km2

45.2%

Infrastructure

3 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gijón/Xixón in country Spain

Gijón/Xixón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	23 km	SouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	64 km	West
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	127 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carbayera de El Tragamón	ES	4 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gijón

Type of weather in Gijón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam