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Santiago de Compostela

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5396,Lat: 42.8788
Elevation	279 meter above sea level
Local time	1:36:15am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santiago de Compostela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sarela de Abaixo	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 A Torre Branca	2.9 km	SouthEast
3 As Moas de Arriba	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 A Devesa	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 As Moas de Abaixo	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	463 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	492 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	799 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 85.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 120 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 83%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 10 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 49 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

27.8%

Nature

8.8 km2

11.2%

Agriculture

35.6 km2

45.3%

Urban area

12.3 km2

15.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santiago de Compostela in country Spain

Santiago de Compostela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	0.5 km	NorthWest
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	57 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	82 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Tambre	ES	6.3 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santiago de Compostela

Type of weather in Santiago de Compostela	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam