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Avila today: facts and numbers

Avila today: facts and numbers

  • Official name: Ávila de los Caballeros
  • Country: Spain / España
  • Status: city and province
  • Autonomous Community Castilla y León
  • Population: approximately 53,000 in 2005
  • Density: 226.87/km2 (587.6/sq mi)
  • Postal code: 05001 - 05005
  • Location: approximately 111 km / 70 miles north-west of Madrid (see Where is Avila)
  • Nearest railway station: Chamartín
  • By car: Take N-VI or A-6 tollway to Villacastin, then head south-west on the N-110. Alternatively, take M-505 / C-505 via El Escorial, branch off N-VI just before Las Rozas (see how to come from Madrid to Avila on google map)
  • Language: Castilian Spanish
  • Currency: Euro (EUR)
  • Time zone: CET (UTC+1) / 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Summer Time (DST) CEST (UTC+2) / 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Country dialling code: +34
  • Telephone area code: 92
  • Religion: Roman Catholic
  • Electricity: 220 volts, 50 Hz - round two-pin plugs are used (don’t forget that you’ll probably need a plug adapter in order to be able to charge up your mobile phone. Mostly for UK and US phones)
  • Average daily January temperature: 9ºC / 48ºF (see Avila weather today)
  • Average daily July temperature: 31ºC / 88ºF
  • City height above sea level: 1,130 metres / 3,706 feet
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