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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7542,Lat: 41.2739
Elevation	568 meter above sea level
Local time	15:05:00pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Bragança
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mogadouro
Name	Castelo Branco

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vale de Porco	4.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Valverde	5.2 km	NorthWest
3 Zava	6 km	NorthEast
4 Meirinhos	6.2 km	West
5 Bruçó	7.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	278 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	345 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	582 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 161 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Aldeadávila (0.6 km² at a distance of 8.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 7%, low mountains: 92%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 162 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 65 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.7%

Nature

29.1 km2

37%

Agriculture

34.5 km2

43.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castelo Branco in country Portugal

Castelo Branco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	65 km	South
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	89 km	West
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	98 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rios Sabor e Maçãs	PT	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mogadouro

Type of weather in Mogadouro	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	37 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam