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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5851,Lat: 36.7318
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:15:04pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salobreña

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salobreña	1.3 km	North
2 La Caleta-Guardia	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Monte Almendros	3.1 km	NorthWest
4 Playa Granada	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Lobres	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	170 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	409 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	543 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Playa lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Rules (4.7 km² at a height of around 249 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 169.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 237 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 60%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 82 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

34.4 km2

84.2%

Urban area

4.5 km2

11.1%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Playa in country Spain

Playa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	49 km	North
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	93 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	142 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Acantilados y Fondos Marinos Tesorillo-Salobreña	ES	1.7 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salobreña

Type of weather in Salobreña	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam