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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5537,Lat: 36.7158
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	9:44:42am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Motril

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Varadero	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Playa	3.4 km	NorthWest
3 Salobreña	4.3 km	NorthWest
4 Motril	4.8 km	NorthEast
5 La Caleta-Guardia	5.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	172 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	410 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	547 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Playa Granada lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (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 16.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 171.5 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 240 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 51%, low location: 48%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 85 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.4 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

24.9 km2

76.9%

Urban area

4.9 km2

15%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

4.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Playa Granada in country Spain

Playa Granada at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	51 km	North
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	96 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	144 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Acantilados y Fondos Marinos Tesorillo-Salobreña	ES	4.6 km	WestNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Varadero

Type of weather in El Varadero	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:01 Europe/Amsterdam