San Lorenzo de El Escorial: facts

At a glance

• Country: Spain
• Region: Madrid
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 17,889
• Coordinates: 40.5914° N, 4.1474° W
• Time zone: Europe/Madrid (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Madrid: 42 km (26 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD): 50 km (31 mi), straight line
• Salamanca Airport (SLM): 121 km (75 mi), straight line
• Valladolid Airport (VLL): 137 km (85 mi), straight line

Nearby

• El Escorial: 1.9 km (1.2 mi)
• Zarzalejo: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
• Peguerinos: 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
• Santa Maria de la Alameda: 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
• Guadarrama: 10 km (6 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Fuencarral-El Pardo, 37 km (23 mi)