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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.6841,Lat: 28.1692
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	9:42:42am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gáldar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Puerto de Sardina	1.9 km	SouthWest
2 El Corralete	1.9 km	South
3 Las Cumbrecillas	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Urbanización Faro Sardina	2.4 km	West
5 El Agujero	2.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1289 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1289 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1714 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Punta de Gáldar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.6 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 18.3 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 21.8 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1234.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1729 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 86%, hill: 14%, 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 41 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 76 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.3 km2

42%

Agriculture

11.2 km2

45.6%

Urban area

2.3 km2

9.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Punta de Gáldar in country Spain

Punta de Gáldar 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 Landscape	Spain	14 km	South
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	73 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	97 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa de Sardina del Norte	ES	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gáldar

Type of weather in Gáldar	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam