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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7268,Lat: 42.2286
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	7:26:55am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mantelas	0.7 km	South
2 Riobó	0.8 km	SouthEast
3 Salgueira	0.9 km	SouthEast
4 Freixeiro	1 km	South
5 Laxe	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	390 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	471 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	739 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vigo lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).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 22.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 21.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 86%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 8.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.5 km2

12.6%

Agriculture

5.7 km2

11%

Urban area

37.2 km2

71.7%

Infrastructure

2 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vigo in country Spain

Vigo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	74 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	81 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	95 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Enseada de San Simón	ES	6.5 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vigo
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vigo

Type of weather in Vigo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam