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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7374,Lat: 37.1017
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	10:13:23am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagos
Name	Luz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Lemos	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Luz	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Montinhos da Luz	1.8 km	SouthWest
4 Almádena	3 km	West
5 Pedra Alçada	3.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	184 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	325 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	568 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 11.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 117 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 164 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 70 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5.3 km2

8.5%

Agriculture

46 km2

73.4%

Viticulture

1.1 km2

1.8%

Urban area

8.7 km2

13.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Espiche in country Portugal

Espiche at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	177 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	182 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	197 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lagos Municipality

Type of weather in Lagos Municipality	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam