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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4402,Lat: 27.8475
Elevation	108 meter above sea level
Local time	4:18:47am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Other place with same name 1	San Rafael Castilla y León - Segovia
Other place with same name 2	San Rafael Comunitat Valenciana - Alicante
Other place with same name 3	San Rafael Andalucía - Sevilla

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Canario	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vecindario	0.5 km	NorthWest
3 San Pedro Martir I	0.5 km	SouthWest
4 El Cruce I	0.7 km	NorthEast
5 La Cerruda	0.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1296 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1311 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1729 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (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 20.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 22.4 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1249.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1749 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 90%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 10 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 117 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11.8 km2

17.5%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

50%

Urban area

13.3 km2

19.6%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

8.5 km2

12.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of San Rafael in country Spain

San Rafael 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	32 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	114 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	132 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Playa del Cabrón	ES	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sardina

Type of weather in Sardina	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	10 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam