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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.6118,Lat: 36.7619
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	21:06:36pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Roquetas de Mar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Rivera	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Las Marinas	3.5 km	SouthWest
3 Cañada Sebastiana	3.5 km	North
4 Cortijos de Marín	3.7 km	West
5 Barrio de Archilla	4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	255 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	417 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	622 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Roquetas de Mar lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Albufera Nueva (0.6 km² at a height of around 164 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 253.8 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 355 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 170 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.8 km2

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

71.9%

Urban area

9.5 km2

20.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Roquetas de Mar in country Spain

Roquetas de Mar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	100 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	155 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	176 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sur de Almería - Seco de los Olivos	ES	0.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roquetas de Mar

Type of weather in Roquetas de Mar	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam