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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7675,Lat: 42.4006
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	12:30:51pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sanxenxo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Outeiro	0.3 km	NorthWest
2 Magaláns	0.6 km	NorthEast
3 A Granxa	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Areas	1 km	West
5 Raxó	1.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	408 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	482 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	758 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

A Costa lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 23.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 40.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 76%, hill: 20%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.6 km2

45.8%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

15.8 km2

39%

Urban area

5.5 km2

13.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Costa in country Spain

A Costa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	56 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	100 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	113 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	5.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sanxenxo

Type of weather in Sanxenxo	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam