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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9829,Lat: 40.5211
Elevation	777 meter above sea level
Local time	5:47:37am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galapagar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villanueva del Pardillo	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roncesvalles	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Colmenarejo	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Puebla de Valmayor	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Las Vegas - Santa Maria	4.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	28 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	482 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	495 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 319 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 5.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Abantos with a height of 1754 meter (at a distance of 18.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 220.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 309 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 68%, moderate high mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

8.4%

Nature

48.8 km2

62.1%

Agriculture

13.9 km2

17.7%

Urban area

9.3 km2

11.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Las Cuestas in country Spain

Las Cuestas 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	14 km	NorthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	28 km	SouthEast
3 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	49 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Guadarrama	ES	0.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Colmenarejo

Type of weather in Colmenarejo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam