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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3514,Lat: 37.1289
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	13:21:02pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Silves
Name	Alcantarilha e Pêra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pera	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Montes Raposos/Centieiras	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Armação de Pêra	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Alporchinhos	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Montes Juntos	3.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	191 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	293 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	541 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 82.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 116 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 21 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.1 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

59.4 km2

82.5%

Viticulture

2.2 km2

Urban area

5.8 km2

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcantarilha in country Portugal

Alcantarilha 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	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	180 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	191 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	7.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcantarilha

Type of weather in Alcantarilha	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam