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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6411,Lat: 42.4278
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	16:59:09pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Barca	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Portosanto	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 A Caeira	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 A Valiña	1.7 km	NorthWest
5 Albeiro	1.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	412 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	474 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	757 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Pontevedra lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 40.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 83%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

27.1%

Nature

3.5 km2

4.7%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

50.5%

Urban area

9.7 km2

13%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontevedra in country Spain

Pontevedra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	51 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	100 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	108 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	2.1 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Pontevedra
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pontevedra

Type of weather in Pontevedra	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam