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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.7706,Lat: 37.2498
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	3:06:14am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cuevas del Almanzora

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Palomares	2.3 km	West
2 Las Herrerías	3.3 km	NorthWest
3 Vera-Playa	4 km	WestSouthWest
4 La Mulería	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Puerto Rey	5.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	342 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	391 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	643 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Villaricos lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 340.8 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 477 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 79%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 69 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15.8 km2

40%

Agriculture

19.3 km2

48.7%

Urban area

2.7 km2

6.8%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villaricos in country Spain

Villaricos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	145 km	NorthEast
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	163 km	West
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	166 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fondos Marinos Levante Almeriense	ES	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villaricos

Type of weather in Villaricos	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam