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Navacerrada
Winter in Navacerrada
Winter in Navacerrada
Flag of Navacerrada
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Coat of arms of Navacerrada
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Nava
Navacerrada is located in Community of Madrid
Navacerrada
Navacerrada
Location in Community of Madrid
Navacerrada is located in Spain
Navacerrada
Navacerrada
Location in Spain
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Community of Madrid
Population
 • Total KIDDLE_IB
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Climate Csb

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.

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.

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.

Climate data for Navacerrada (1981-2010) (altitude: 1894 m, satellite view)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.2
(61.2)
16.8
(62.2)
18.6
(65.5)
22.6
(72.7)
25.4
(77.7)
32.0
(89.6)
30.8
(87.4)
31.8
(89.2)
30.8
(87.4)
23.4
(74.1)
20.0
(68.0)
17.0
(62.6)
32.0
(89.6)
Average high °C (°F) 2.3
(36.1)
3.0
(37.4)
5.8
(42.4)
7.0
(44.6)
11.5
(52.7)
18.0
(64.4)
22.4
(72.3)
22.2
(72.0)
17.2
(63.0)
10.6
(51.1)
5.6
(42.1)
3.3
(37.9)
10.7
(51.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.4
(31.3)
0.1
(32.2)
2.3
(36.1)
3.4
(38.1)
7.4
(45.3)
13.2
(55.8)
17.0
(62.6)
16.8
(62.2)
12.7
(54.9)
7.3
(45.1)
2.8
(37.0)
0.7
(33.3)
6.9
(44.4)
Average low °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2)
−2.9
(26.8)
−1.1
(30.0)
−0.3
(31.5)
3.2
(37.8)
8.3
(46.9)
11.5
(52.7)
11.5
(52.7)
8.2
(46.8)
3.9
(39.0)
0.1
(32.2)
−2.0
(28.4)
3.1
(37.6)
Record low °C (°F) −18.2
(−0.8)
−18.6
(−1.5)
−14.7
(5.5)
−11
(12)
−8
(18)
−3.4
(25.9)
0.0
(32.0)
0.2
(32.4)
−3
(27)
−7.6
(18.3)
−11.8
(10.8)
−20.3
(−4.5)
−20.3
(−4.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 124
(4.9)
96
(3.8)
84
(3.3)
127
(5.0)
124
(4.9)
64
(2.5)
23
(0.9)
26
(1.0)
60
(2.4)
156
(6.1)
176
(6.9)
163
(6.4)
1,223
(48.1)
Average precipitation days 12 10 9 12 12 7 3 4 7 12 12 13 111
Average snowy days 12 12 9 11 5 1 0 0 0 3 8 11 71
Average relative humidity (%) 80 79 74 77 72 59 47 49 63 79 83 81 70
Mean monthly sunshine hours 109 114 162 166 215 289 348 321 211 146 103 92 2,268
Source 1: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
Source 2: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (record values)

Public transport

Bus

  • 691: Madrid (Moncloa) - Becerril de la Sierra - Navacerrada - Valdesquí

Train

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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Navacerrada (Madrid) para niños

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