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General information - Location

CountrySpain
Location in country Southwest
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -16.4012,Lat: 28.3506 marker
Elevation450 meter above sea level
Local time22:13:33pm
At islandTenerife
Name province/regionCanarias
Name SubregionSanta Cruz de Tenerife
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityCandelaria

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Las Cuevecitas0.7 km NorthNorthEast
2 Araya1.4 km EastNorthEast
3 Caitana2.1 km North
4 La Hidalga2.1 km SouthSouthWest
5 Arafo2.2 km WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Lisboa   Portugal1302 km NorthEast
2 Gibraltar   Gibraltar1326 km EastNorthEast
3 MadridSpain1740 km NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastSouthEast). 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 88.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Teide (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 24.9 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1260.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1765 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 26%, hill: 29%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 22%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   15.5 km2 
 21.5% 
 Nature   16.3 km2 
 22.5% 
 Agriculture   28.2 km2 
 39.1% 
 Viticulture   1.2 km2 
 1.6% 
 Urban area   8.4 km2 
 11.7% 
 Rock-Sand   1.9 km2 
 2.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Malpaís in country Spain


Malpaís at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 San Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain16 km NorthEast
2 Teide National ParkSpain25 km West
3 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural LandscapeSpain83 km SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Montes y cumbre de TenerifeES2.2 km NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Arafo

Type of weather in Arafolight intensity drizzle weericoon
Current temperature: 17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North West
Air pressure: 1015 mb
Humidity: 89 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:13 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:48 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Arafo - ES (longitude: -16.4012, latitude: 28.3506)
Distance weather station to place (direction NO): 0 Kilometers

2:00
15 degrees
1016 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
5:00
14 degrees
1016 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
8:00
16 degrees
1018 mbar
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11:00
17 degrees
1018 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
14:00
18 degrees
1016 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
17:00
17 degrees
1016 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
20:00
15 degrees
1018 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
23:00
15 degrees
1018 mbar
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5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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