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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.0858,Lat: 40.0361
Elevation	379 meter above sea level
Local time	15:06:01pm
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Cáceres
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Plasencia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valdeolivos	2.9 km	SouthEast
2 Malpartida de Plasencia	7.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Oliva de Plasencia	8.5 km	North
4 Carcaboso	11.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Pradochano	11.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	209 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	298 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	436 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 229 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.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 Valdeobispo (5.4 km² at a height of around 311 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 66.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 83%, low mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 220 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 112 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.2 km2

34.6%

Nature

30.1 km2

38.2%

Agriculture

14.5 km2

18.5%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plasencia in country Spain

Plasencia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	66 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	89 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	93 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla y El Cachón de Plasencia	ES	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Plasencia

Type of weather in Plasencia	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	28 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	38 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam