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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3661,Lat: 40.4869
Elevation	585 meter above sea level
Local time	6:26:16am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Comunidad de Madrid
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcalá de Henares

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Gurugu	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Zulema-Peñas Albas	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Los Hueros	5 km	South
4 Camarma de Esteruelas	7.3 km	North
5 Meco	7.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	27 km	West
2 Andorra	Andorra	464 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	507 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 284 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de El Pardo (5.3 km² at a height of around 631 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 268.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 376 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 99%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.1 km2

6.4%

Nature

15.5 km2

19.7%

Agriculture

27.9 km2

35.6%

Urban area

27.3 km2

34.7%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcalá de Henares in country Spain

Alcalá de Henares at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	28 km	West
3 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape	Spain	54 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuencas de los ríos Jarama y Henares	ES	1.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcalá de Henares

Type of weather in Alcalá de Henares	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:51 Europe/Amsterdam