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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6074,Lat: 36.0159
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	5:18:40am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cádiz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tarifa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedro Valiente	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 La Peña	6.6 km	NorthWest
3 El Cuartón	8.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 La Herrumbrosa	8.5 km	North
5 El Bujeo	9.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	27 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	439 km	NorthWest
3 Madrid	Spain	513 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Tarifa lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Almodóvar (0.5 km² at a height of around 106 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 74%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 122 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 27 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

1.9%

Nature

26.7 km2

87%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

1.2%

Urban area

1.8 km2

5.9%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tarifa in country Spain

Tarifa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	27 km	EastNorthEast
2 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Morocco	54 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	124 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estrecho	ES	0.5 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tarifa

Type of weather in Tarifa	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	08:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:11 Europe/Amsterdam