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La Cuesta (Canarias)

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La Cuesta

General information - Location

CountrySpain
Location in country Southwest
Location in Europe South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -16.2901,Lat: 28.4662 marker
Elevation441 meter above sea level
Local time2:09:31am
At islandTenerife
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)Canarias
Wiki-website Provincia (Provincia)Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalitySan Cristóbal de la Laguna
Other place with same name 1 La Cuesta País Vasco - Bizkaia
Other place with same name 2 La Cuesta Canarias - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Finca España1.1 km NorthNorthWest
2 Las Chumberas1.4 km West
3 Gracia1.6 km NorthWest
4 Taco1.9 km SouthWest
5 Guajara2 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Lisboa   Portugal1286 km NorthEast
2 Gibraltar   Gibraltar1310 km EastNorthEast
3 MadridSpain1724 km NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km2 at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 87.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Teide (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 39.7 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1244.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1742 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 22%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 5.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   0.1 km2 
 0.1% 
 Nature   19.1 km2 
 27.5% 
 Agriculture   16.1 km2 
 23.2% 
 Urban area   32.5 km2 
 46.9% 
 Infrastructure   1.2 km2 
 1.7% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Cuesta in country Spain


La Cuesta at Physical map (height map)

Height map of La Cuesta Spain Location marker for La Cuesta

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 San Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain2.6 km NorthWest
2 Teide National ParkSpain40 km WestSouthWest
3 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural LandscapeSpain80 km SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
AnagaES3.5 km EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at La Cuesta

Type of weather in La Cuestalight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 6.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: North West
Air pressure: 1020 mb
Humidity: 86 %
Daylength at 18 October 2026:11 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :09:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:32 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

La Cuesta - ES (longitude: -16.2901, latitude: 28.4662)
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