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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0628,Lat: 41.8169
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	15:38:52pm
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castell-Platja d'Aro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castell D'aro	1.9 km	West
2 Treumal	2 km	NorthEast
3 S'agaro	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Mas Pallí	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Urbanitzacio Torre Valentina	3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	149 km	NorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	415 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	586 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Platja D'aro lies at the Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake is Lago de Bañolas (Estany de Banyoles) (1 km² at a distance of 42.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 66.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 78%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 27 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.4 km2

21.4%

Nature

8.2 km2

17%

Agriculture

8.6 km2

17.8%

Urban area

18.6 km2

38.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Platja D'aro in country Spain

Platja D'aro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	88 km	WestSouthWest
2 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	88 km	WestSouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	143 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Les Gavarres	ES	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castell-Platja d'Aro

Type of weather in Castell-Platja d'Aro	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam