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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7309,Lat: 37.0909
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	10:05:46am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagos
Name	Luz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Lemos	0.7 km	West
2 Espiche	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Montinhos da Luz	1.5 km	West
4 Pedra Alçada	3.1 km	East
5 Almádena	3.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	185 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	324 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	569 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Luz lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 12.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 116.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 163 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, 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 69 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 14 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4 km2

7.8%

Agriculture

34.3 km2

67.1%

Viticulture

1.1 km2

2.2%

Urban area

10.3 km2

20.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Luz in country Portugal

Luz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	178 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	183 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	198 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Luz
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Filming Location	IMDB Luz
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam