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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9051,Lat: 37.0341
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	22:13:13pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Faro
Name	Faro (Sé e São Pedro)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pereiro	0.8 km	NorthEast
2 Rio Seco	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Virgilios	1.1 km	SouthEast
4 Gional	1.2 km	East
5 Bela Curral	1.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	219 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	252 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	521 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Beliche (2.7 km² at a height of around 51 meter above sea level) at a distance of 41.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 41%, low location: 59%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 5.8 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 62 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

21.5 km2

27.4%

Agriculture

45.1 km2

57.5%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.8%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Areal Gordo in country Portugal

Areal Gordo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	139 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	170 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	174 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	1.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Faro

Type of weather in Faro	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam