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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8845,Lat: 39.7125
Elevation	224 meter above sea level
Local time	20:39:40pm
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Cáceres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcántara

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mata de Alcántara	5.8 km	East
2 Villa del Rey	8.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Piedras Albas	8.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Brozas	14.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Segura	15.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	221 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	284 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	419 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 177 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Medium - Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alcántara 2 (81.4 km² at a height of around 222 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 9 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 6%, hill: 94%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 218 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.2 km2

11.8%

Nature

62.4 km2

79.4%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

6.5 km2

8.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcántara in country Spain

Alcántara at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	52 km	SouthEast
2 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	95 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	101 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Llanos de Alcantara y Brozas	ES	0.2 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcántara

Type of weather in Alcántara	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam