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Luz de Tavira

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.6998,Lat: 37.0925
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	0:47:34am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tavira
Name	Luz de Tavira e Santo Estêvão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arroio	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Palmeira	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Pinheiro	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Amaro Gonçalves	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Campina	2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	223 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	238 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	504 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Luz de Tavira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).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 24.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 25 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 79 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.2%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.8%

Wet nature

7 km2

11.2%

Agriculture

45.9 km2

73%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

4.2 km2

6.6%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Luz de Tavira in country Portugal

Luz de Tavira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	121 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	155 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	165 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	0.4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Luz

Type of weather in Luz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam