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General information - Location

CountrySpain
Location in country Southwest
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -15.4724,Lat: 28.0718 marker
Elevation282 meter above sea level
Local time22:13:11pm
At islandGran-canaria
Name province/regionCanarias
Name SubregionLas Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityPalmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 San Lorenzo0.7 km NorthNorthWest
2 El Zardo0.7 km East
3 El Román1.1 km NorthWest
4 Dragonal Alto1.1 km EastNorthEast
5 La Palma1.2 km SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Gibraltar   Gibraltar1282 km EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa   Portugal1290 km NorthEast
3 MadridSpain1711 km NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km2 at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.9 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1231.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1724 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 22%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 18 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 100 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   28.7 km2 
 36.6% 
 Agriculture   31.7 km2 
 40.5% 
 Viticulture   2 km2 
 2.6% 
 Urban area   14.2 km2 
 18.1% 
 Infrastructure   1.1 km2 
 1.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Las Cuevas in country Spain


Las Cuevas 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 LandscapeSpain19 km West
2 San Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain97 km NorthWest
3 Teide National ParkSpain120 km WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Pino SantoES0.1 km SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Tafira Baja

Type of weather in Tafira Bajafew clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1019 mb
Humidity: 73 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:13 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:37 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Tafira Baja - ES (longitude: -15.4724, latitude: 28.0718)
Distance weather station to place (direction W): 0.01 Kilometers

2:00
17 degrees
1019 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
5:00
15 degrees
1020 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
8:00
18 degrees
1020 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
11:00
20 degrees
1020 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
14:00
20 degrees
1018 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
17:00
19 degrees
1018 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
20:00
17 degrees
1019 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
23:00
17 degrees
1019 mbar
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