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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6167,Lat: 42.4217
Elevation	87 meter above sea level
Local time	17:29:26pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Albeiro	0.6 km	West
2 A Barcia	0.7 km	East
3 Marcón	0.8 km	South
4 Vilafranca	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Pazos	1.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	412 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	472 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	755 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 13.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 70%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 21 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.4 km2

24.7%

Nature

15.1 km2

19.2%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

32.7 km2

41.6%

Urban area

9.3 km2

11.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ría de Abaixo in country Spain

Ría de Abaixo 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	99 km	South
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	108 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	2.9 km	North

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam