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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.144,Lat: 40.5949
Elevation	1167 meter above sea level
Local time	17:02:59pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soto Mora	1.4 km	East
2 El Escorial	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 La Pizarra	3.5 km	NorthEast
4 Pinosol	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Robledondo	5.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	44 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	473 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	500 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 310 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Medium - Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Valmayor (7.5 km² at a height of around 833 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 2.7 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 204.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 286 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 74%, high mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 51 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.7 km2

50.6%

Nature

31.1 km2

39.6%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

6.8 km2

8.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in country Spain

San Lorenzo de El Escorial at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	2.1 km	SouthEast
2 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	39 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	44 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Guadarrama	ES	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Escorial

Type of weather in El Escorial	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam