Navacerrada

Navacerrada

Navacerrada

Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain


Navacerrada is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It lies at an elevation of 1,203 metres (3,947 ft) on the Reservoir Navacerrada and the entry of "Valle de la Barranca" in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

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Located 52 kilometres (32 mi) from Madrid, it has only 2,500 permanent residences, but winter visitors increase the population. The Port of Navacerrada has a popular ski resort that is very popular with winter sportspeople. It has a ski school and various restaurants, hotels and accommodation.[2]

Climate

Although relatively close to Madrid, Navacerrada has a Mediterranean climate with cool/warm summers due to elevation (Köppen: Csb) or dry-summer continental climate (Dsb) by 0 °C isoterm, winter is also usually on average a few degrees cooler than the Spanish capital. The city has a clearly dry summer, but the high rainfall can be between spring and fall, being lower only in late winter, rather than gradually decreasing in transitional seasons.

The next graphic shows the averages and record temperatures at the Navacerrada mountain pass, which is located at an elevation 600 meters above the village of Navacerrada.[3][4]

More information Climate data for Navacerrada (1981-2010) (altitude: 1894 m, satellite view), Month ...

Public transport

Bus

Train

Navacerrada has a train station by which line C-9 of Cercanías Madrid runs through. This line connects Navacerrada with Cotos and Cercedilla.


References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Navacerrada". Vipealo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Solargis :: iMaps". solargis.info. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  4. "Valores climatológicos normales. Puerto de Navacerrada". Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. "Valores extremos. Puerto de Navacerrada". Agencia Estatal de Meteorología. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

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