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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5178,Lat: 36.7487
Elevation	111 meter above sea level
Local time	18:26:29pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Motril

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Varadero	3 km	SouthWest
2 Las Ventillas	3.4 km	SouthEast
3 Puntalón	4 km	SouthEast
4 Cortijo de los Coscurros	4.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Playa Granada	4.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	177 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	407 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	548 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Rules (4.7 km² at a height of around 249 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 175.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 246 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 57%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.7%

Nature

11.2 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

51.5 km2

71.4%

Urban area

4.5 km2

6.2%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Motril in country Spain

Motril at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	48 km	North
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	98 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	140 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Acantilados y Fondos Marinos Tesorillo-Salobreña	ES	7.7 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Motril
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Motril

Type of weather in Motril	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam