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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.7132,Lat: 40.6057
Elevation	728 meter above sea level
Local time	18:06:54pm
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Comunidad de Madrid
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tres Cantos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soto de Viñuelas	2.4 km	East
2 Colmenar Viejo	8.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ciudalcampo	9.2 km	East
4 Valdelagua	9.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Alcobendas	9.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	20 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	484 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	507 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de El Pardo (5.3 km² at a height of around 631 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cabeza de Hierro with a height of 2383 meter (at a distance of 22.4 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 236 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 330 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 20 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.2 km2

25.7%

Nature

45.2 km2

57.6%

Agriculture

4.6 km2

5.9%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tres Cantos in country Spain

Tres Cantos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	21 km	South
2 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	33 km	SouthEast
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	35 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Manzanares	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tres Cantos

Type of weather in Tres Cantos	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:53 Europe/Amsterdam