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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5853,Lat: 41.0671
Elevation	1069 meter above sea level
Local time	4:54:28am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horcajo de la Sierra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Madarcos	2.2 km	South
2 Horcajuelo de la Sierra	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Piñuécar	4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 La Acebeda	4 km	NorthWest
5 Robregordo	4.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	71 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	453 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	537 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 254 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Puentes Viejas (2.1 km² at a height of around 954 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Colgadizos with a height of 1834 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 226.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 317 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 90%, high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 66 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.5 km2

14.7%

Nature

56.2 km2

71.5%

Agriculture

10.7 km2

13.6%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horcajo de la Sierra in country Spain

Horcajo de la Sierra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	47 km	West
2 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	68 km	South
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	70 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Lozoya y Sierra Norte	ES	3.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horcajo de la Sierra

Type of weather in Horcajo de la Sierra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam