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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1235,Lat: 37.233
Elevation	253 meter above sea level
Local time	2:25:36am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loulé
Name	Querença, Tôr e Benafim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alte	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Soalheira	6.5 km	North
3 Monte Seco	6.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Salir	6.9 km	East
5 Almeijoafras	7.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	190 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	279 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	519 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Funcho (2.8 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 61.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 21%, hill: 79%, The hills are mainly southern 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 28 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 42 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.2%

Nature

26.9 km2

34.3%

Agriculture

48.4 km2

61.7%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benafim in country Portugal

Benafim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	149 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	162 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	190 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Benafim
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Benafim

Type of weather in Benafim	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam