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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5736,Lat: 27.7582
Elevation	105 meter above sea level
Local time	6:12:43am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Fernando	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Campo Internacional	1.8 km	West
3 Sonneland	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 San Agustín	3.1 km	East
5 Las Meloneras	3.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1312 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1325 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1744 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Playa del Inglés lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km² at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 26.4 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1264.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1770 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 80%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 26 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 114 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

20.2 km2

43.4%

Agriculture

7.1 km2

15.2%

Urban area

13.4 km2

28.7%

Rock-Sand

3.7 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Playa del Inglés in country Spain

Playa del Inglés 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	33 km	North
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	111 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	124 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Las Dunas de Maspalomas	ES	0.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Playa del Ingles

Type of weather in Playa del Ingles	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	13 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam