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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2611,Lat: 41.4574
Elevation	211 meter above sea level
Local time	4:52:43am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guimarães
Name	Mesão Frio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Devesa	0.7 km	West
2 Penedo	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Mestre	1.1 km	SouthEast
4 Casas Novas	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Paço Vieira	2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	311 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	405 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	645 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 40.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 11%, hill: 82%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.1 km2

26.9%

Nature

10.9 km2

13.9%

Agriculture

34.1 km2

43.4%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

11.6 km2

14.8%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alto in country Portugal

Alto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	15 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	46 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	22 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mesão Frio

Type of weather in Mesão Frio	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam