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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9336,Lat: 43.2609
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	3:18:05am
Population	349000 (8th largest city in country)
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bilbao

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Isabel	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ollargan	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Izartza	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Legizamon	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Poblado Julio Arteche	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	319 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	375 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	663 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Urrunaga (Urrunagako Urtegia) (8.1 km² at a height of around 547 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 93.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 69%, hill: 22%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 248 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 4.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.5 km2

9.6%

Nature

35.7 km2

45.5%

Agriculture

9.6 km2

12.2%

Urban area

22.6 km2

28.8%

Infrastructure

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bilbao in country Spain

Bilbao at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	9.7 km	NorthWest
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	97 km	WestNorthWest
3 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	104 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de la Ría de Mundaka-Cabo de Ogoño	ES	16 km	North

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Bilbao
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Bilbao
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bilbao

Type of weather in Bilbao	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam