Torrelodones is a municipality in the northwest of Madrid, Spain. It is situated 29 kilometers northwest from the city. Because of its location between the Sierra de Guadarrama and the metropolitan area of the capital, it is linked to two districts in Madrid: the agricultural area of Guadarrama and the metropolitan area of Madrid.
The people of Torrelodones earn among the highest per capita incomes of the Community of Madrid. Services, hotels, and construction are the main economic activities. In 2012 it had about 22,680 inhabitants.
Torrelodones's weather is continental Mediterranean. Cold winters with temperatures inferiors than 5 °C, frequents frosts at nights and occasionally snows. Warm summers around 25 °C and with maximum temperatures that can get over 35 °C.
Madrid is the capital of Spain, and the largest municipality of the Community of Madrid. The population of the city is almost 3.2 million with a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union after London and Paris. Located in south-western Europe.