Spain observation deck
Faro de Moncloa
You can see 109 km from here, looking south.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 109 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 109 kmFarthest ridgelooking south
- 99%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 52Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 658 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 52 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are from July to August.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset43%
- Febwest4 min before the sea-level sunset48%
- Marwest6 min before the sea-level sunset43%
- Aprwest8 min before the sea-level sunset41%
- Maynorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset46%
- Junnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset62%
- Julnorth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset77%
- Augwest8 min before the sea-level sunset71%
- Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset59%
- Octwest4 min before the sea-level sunset49%
- Novsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset44%
- Decsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset44%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Faro de Moncloa.
110 meter tall structure located in Madrid, Spain
Faro de Moncloa is an observation deck in Spain, 658 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 109 km away, looking south.
52 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Peñalara (2,430 m), 50 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 99% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from July to August.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Area de Autocaravanas Las Cigüeñascampsite · 10 km · 2 within 10 km
- Room Mate Mario Hotelplace to stay · 2.3 km · 857 within 10 km
- Gaztambidenearest town · 0.6 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in GaztambideBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at MAD airport (Madrid)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 54other viewpoints within 5 kmMirador de Tierno Galván, Mirador de la Sartén, Mirador Glorieta Perdida and 51 more
- 9named peaks within 5 kmMontaña de los gatos, Cerro de Morán, Cerro de Garabitas and 6 more
- 3cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmTeleférico de Madrid - Estación de Casa de Campo, Teleférico de Madrid
- 2marked trails within 3 kmRuta Jacobea Madrileña, Camino Santiaguista de Uclés
- 13shelters and huts within 5 kmQuiosco de la Música and 12 more
- 595car parks within 3 km
- 21visitor centres within 5 kmInformación al viajero, Centro de Turismo Plaza Mayor, Turismo Castilla La Mancha and 18 more
- 3,070restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmArea de Autocaravanas Las Cigüeñas, Cámping Osuna
- 857places to stay within 10 kmRoom Mate Mario Hotel, Hotel Preciados, Palacio San Martín and 854 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Faro de Moncloa, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas19 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas8 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Faro de Moncloa
Spain
- 75Viewyas Score
- 109 kmFarthest ridge
- 52Peaks in view
- 658 mAltitude
Balcón de Pilatos
Spain · 294 km
- 71Viewyas Score
- 128 kmFarthest ridge
- 24Peaks in view
- 935 mAltitude
Despeñaperros
Spain · 227 km
- 41Viewyas Score
- 10 kmFarthest ridge
- —Peaks in view
- 695 mAltitude
Mulhacén
Spain · 378 km
- 91Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 33Peaks in view
- 3,457 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q386413) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit