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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5333,Lat: 28.0092
Elevation	598 meter above sea level
Local time	4:21:28am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vega de San Mateo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Higuera	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 El Chorrillo	0.6 km	North
3 La Veguetilla	0.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lomo Caballo	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Los Chorros	1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1290 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1299 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1720 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction East). 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 13.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 8.2 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 4.7 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1240.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1736 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 49%, high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 17 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 99 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.4%

Nature

35.4 km2

45%

Agriculture

37.2 km2

47.3%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vega de San Mateo in country Spain

Vega de San Mateo 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	14 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	96 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	116 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vega de San Mateo

Type of weather in Vega de San Mateo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	13 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam