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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5875,Lat: 37.1873
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	14:14:45pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Mexilhoeira Grande

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Senhora Verde	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Figueira	2.8 km	SouthWest
3 Belmonte	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Mexilhoeira Grande	3.8 km	SouthWest
5 Sesmarias	4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	178 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	316 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	552 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Bravura (3.6 km² at a height of around 83 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 101.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 143 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 4.2 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

Nature

16.7 km2

21.3%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.7%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.3%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcalar in country Portugal

Alcalar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	163 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	177 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	193 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Alvor	PT	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão Municipality

Type of weather in Portimão Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam