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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4603,Lat: 39.9145
Elevation	337 meter above sea level
Local time	13:58:23pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Castelo Branco
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castelo Branco
Name	Alcains

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos	4.7 km	NorthWest
2 Escalos de Cima	5.5 km	East
3 Escalos de Baixo	6.7 km	SouthEast
4 Tinalhas	7 km	NorthWest
5 Lousa	7.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	194 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	327 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	460 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 123 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Santa Águeda (6.1 km² at a height of around 384 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 182 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.2%

Nature

14 km2

17.9%

Agriculture

59.1 km2

75.3%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcains in country Portugal

Alcains at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	88 km	West
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	89 km	NorthWest
3 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	107 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tejo Internacional, Erges e Pônsul	PT	11 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcains

Type of weather in Alcains	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam