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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.126,Lat: 40.5821
Elevation	907 meter above sea level
Local time	23:22:05pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Escorial, El

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soto Mora	1.9 km	North
2 San Lorenzo de El Escorial	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Pinosol	2.8 km	South
4 El Alcor	4.2 km	South
5 La Pizarra	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	42 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	474 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	499 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 312 km (direction North).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 Valmayor (7.5 km² at a height of around 833 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 4.6 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 206.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 289 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 93%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.5 km2

52.9%

Nature

28.6 km2

36.4%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.4%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Escorial in country Spain

El Escorial at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	0.1 km	SouthWest
2 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	41 km	North
3 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	42 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Guadarrama	ES	1.5 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Escorial

Type of weather in El Escorial	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam