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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.523,Lat: 28.1184
Elevation	243 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:03am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arucas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hoya de San Juan	0.4 km	NorthEast
2 Puente de Arucas	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Montaña de Arucas	0.5 km	North
4 El Terrero	0.6 km	East
5 Camino de la Cruz Alto	0.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1282 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1288 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1710 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km² at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 13.8 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1230.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1722 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 32%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 25 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 93 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.1 km2

26.8%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

64.4%

Urban area

5.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arucas in country Spain

Arucas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	16 km	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	90 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	114 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	3.5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arucas

Type of weather in Arucas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam