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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9304,Lat: 37.0213
Elevation	26 meter above sea level
Local time	6:14:56am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Faro
Name	Faro (Sé e São Pedro)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rio Seco	2 km	East
2 Pontes de Marchil	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Campina	2.4 km	North
4 Areal Gordo	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Montenegro	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	219 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	254 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	523 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Faro lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Beliche (2.7 km² at a height of around 51 meter above sea level) at a distance of 44.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 49.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 57%, low location: 43%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 3.2 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 60 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

30.5 km2

39%

Agriculture

29.8 km2

38.1%

Urban area

9.3 km2

11.9%

Infrastructure

2 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faro in country Portugal

Faro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	141 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	172 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	177 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa / Castro Marim	PT	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Faro

Type of weather in Faro	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam