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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5384,Lat: 37.1319
Elevation	823 meter above sea level
Local time	20:19:54pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Monachil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrio de la Vega	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cájar	2.8 km	West
3 Los Pinillos	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Huétor Vega	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Cenes de la Vega	3.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	194 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	365 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	528 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 43 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Canales (0.6 km² at a height of around 965 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 17.7 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 192.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 270 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 66%, high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

17.4%

Nature

29.4 km2

37.4%

Agriculture

23.2 km2

29.5%

Urban area

8.9 km2

11.4%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monachil in country Spain

Monachil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	7.1 km	NorthWest
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	91 km	West
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	98 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	0.9 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Monachil

Type of weather in Monachil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam