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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.3352,Lat: 38.6883
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	13:29:45pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Lisboa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cascais
Name	Carcavelos e Parede

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 São Miguel das Encostas	1.2 km	North
2 Sassoeiros	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rana	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Parede	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Zambujal	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	18 km	East
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	457 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	520 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Carcavelos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa de Albufeira (1.6 km² at a height of around 1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 177.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 249 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Área Metro. de Lisboa (AML) - Norte

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 20 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cascais Airport (at a distance of 4.5 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.7 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

9.9 km2

21%

Urban area

27.5 km2

58.3%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

7 km2

14.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carcavelos in country Portugal

Carcavelos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	10 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	13 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	28 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cabo Raso	PT	4.6 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carcavelos

Type of weather in Carcavelos	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam