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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.0828,Lat: 39.721
Elevation	932 meter above sea level
Local time	11:48:05am
Name province/region	Castilla-La Mancha
Name Subregion	Cuenca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Piqueras del Castillo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barchín del Hoyo	6.4 km	South
2 Chumillas	7 km	NorthEast
3 Valera de Abajo	8.4 km	NorthWest
4 Hontecillas	9.4 km	West
5 Olmeda del Rey	9.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	158 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	431 km	NorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	484 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 154 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alarcón (71.1 km² at a height of around 813 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 360.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 505 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 152 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.6 km2

22.4%

Nature

32.8 km2

41.8%

Agriculture

28.2 km2

35.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piqueras del Castillo in country Spain

Piqueras del Castillo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Walled Town of Cuenca	Spain	40 km	North
2 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	91 km	East
3 Mudejar Architecture of Aragon	Spain	108 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cueva de La Judía	ES	4.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piqueras del Castillo

Type of weather in Piqueras del Castillo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam