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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8796,Lat: 40.9044
Elevation	1153 meter above sea level
Local time	9:31:56am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rascafría

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oteruelo del Valle	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Alameda del Valle	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Pinilla del Valle	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lozoya	9 km	EastNorthEast
5 San Ildefonso	10.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	56 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	483 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	507 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 277 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Pinilla (3.6 km² at a height of around 1089 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peñalara with a height of 2430 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 208.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 292 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 69%, high mountains: 31%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.8 km2

36.6%

Nature

45.7 km2

58.1%

Agriculture

3.4 km2

4.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rascafría in country Spain

Rascafría at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	41 km	SouthWest
3 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	57 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Lozoya y Sierra Norte	ES	0.3 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rascafría

Type of weather in Rascafría	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam