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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7369,Lat: 37.1549
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	0:26:29am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagos
Name	Bensafrim e Barão de São João

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barão de São João	4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Montes Juntos	4.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Portelas	5.3 km	SouthEast
4 Espiche	5.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Chinicato	6.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	178 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	327 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	564 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Bravura (3.6 km² at a height of around 83 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 115.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 162 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 71 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 14 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.6 km2

9.7%

Nature

30 km2

38.1%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.5%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bensafrim in country Portugal

Bensafrim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	171 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	176 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	191 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	4 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bensafrim

Type of weather in Bensafrim	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam