Tarifa: facts

At a glance

• Country: Spain
• Region: Andalusia
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 18,169
• Coordinates: 36.0139° N, 5.6070° W
• Time zone: Europe/Madrid (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Madrid: 517 km (321 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Gibraltar Airport (GIB, Gibraltar): 28 km (17 mi), straight line
• Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG, Morocco): 42 km (26 mi), straight line
• Sania Ramel Airport (TTU, Morocco): 53 km (33 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Algeciras: 19 km (12 mi)
• Zhara, Morocco: 21 km (13 mi)
• Los Barrios: 22 km (13 mi)
• Gibraltar, Gibraltar: 27 km (17 mi)
• Catalan Bay, Gibraltar: 28 km (17 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Algeciras, 19 km (12 mi)