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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.1551,Lat: 38.4634
Elevation	57 meter above sea level
Local time	1:24:14am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Setúbal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sesimbra
Name	Sesimbra (Castelo)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caixas	1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Aldeia do Meco	1.2 km	NorthWest
3 Alfarim	1.7 km	North
4 Zambujal de Cima	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Aiana	2.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	29 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	430 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	516 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo coastal: Sorraia, 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 5.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 159.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 223 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 97%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Área Metro. de Lisboa - Sul

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 35 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.8 km2

13.6%

Nature

17.1 km2

26.5%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

39%

Urban area

10.9 km2

17%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fornos in country Portugal

Fornos 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	26 km	North
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	43 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	55 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arrábida / Espichel	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sesimbra

Type of weather in Sesimbra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam