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Horta (Continente)

Horta

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5481,Lat: 40.6179
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	22:27:49pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Aveiro
Name	Eixo e Eirol
Other place with same name 1	Horta Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha do Faial
Other place with same name 2	Horta Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 3	Horta Continente - Guarda
Other place with same name 4	Horta Castilla y León - León

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 São João de Loure	1 km	NorthEast
2 Pinheiro	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Eirol	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Eixo	2.1 km	NorthWest
5 Carcavelos	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	215 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	414 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	574 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 136.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.4 km2

26%

Nature

7.8 km2

9.9%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

44.4 km2

56.5%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horta in country Portugal

Horta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	47 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	59 km	North
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	82 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Aveiro	PT	0.4 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Feira do Eixo

Type of weather in Feira do Eixo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 20 January 2026:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:36 Europe/Amsterdam