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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0796,Lat: 37.0931
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	0:58:39am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loulé
Name	Quarteira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Semino	1.1 km	South
2 Bacelada	1.2 km	North
3 Morgadinho	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Quatro Estradas	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Passis	1.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	205 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	269 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	527 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest).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 29.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 59.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 14 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 46 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.9%

Nature

5.3 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

59.6%

Urban area

8.4 km2

11.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cascalheira in country Portugal

Cascalheira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	155 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	164 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	188 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	6.4 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quarteira

Type of weather in Quarteira	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam