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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.6502,Lat: 28.1457
Elevation	153 meter above sea level
Local time	6:15:28am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gáldar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Majadillas	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Becerril	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Marmolejos	1.5 km	SouthWest
4 Nido Cuervo	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 Barrial	1.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1288 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1290 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1714 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 17.8 km (direction South). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1234.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1729 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 53%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 10%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 36 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 80 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.4 km2

22.3%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

67.7%

Urban area

4.8 km2

8.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gáldar in country Spain

Gáldar 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	11 km	SouthSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	77 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	101 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Amagro	ES	1.9 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gáldar

Type of weather in Gáldar	broken clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam