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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.7817,Lat: 27.9765
Elevation	549 meter above sea level
Local time	18:15:01pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Nicolás de Tolentino

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Aldea de San Nicolás	0.4 km	North
2 El Pinillo	0.5 km	East
3 La Cardonera	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 La Aldea de San Nicolás	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Molino de Agua	1.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1310 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1312 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1736 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthWest). 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 12 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 17.1 km and direction East).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 20.2 km (direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1256.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1759 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 24%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 81 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Nature

62.4 km2

80.9%

Agriculture

11.8 km2

15.3%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Molino de Viento in country Spain

Molino de Viento 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	14 km	EastNorthEast
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	79 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	94 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
El Nublo II	ES	1 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at San Nicolás

Type of weather in San Nicolás	broken clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	10 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:08 Europe/Amsterdam