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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3815,Lat: 37.1042
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	12:52:05pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagoa
Name	Porches

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Armação de Pêra	1.8 km	East
2 Porches	2.5 km	NorthWest
3 Alcantarilha	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lombos	4 km	NorthWest
5 Pera	4.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	193 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	295 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	545 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Alporchinhos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).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 14.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 85.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 120 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, 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 39 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 19 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.2 km2

6.3%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

76.3%

Viticulture

1.6 km2

3.2%

Urban area

4.2 km2

8.3%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alporchinhos in country Portugal

Alporchinhos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	167 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	182 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	192 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	8.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Armação de Pêra

Type of weather in Armação de Pêra	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam