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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6908,Lat: 41.1937
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	12:19:49pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Matosinhos
Name	Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Guifões	1.9 km	East
2 Santa Cruz do Bispo	2.8 km	NorthEast
3 Senhora da Hora	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Perafita	3.6 km	North
5 Custóias	3.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	276 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	635 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Matosinhos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 77 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 108 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Área Metro. do Porto (AMP)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 6.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

7.2 km2

14.4%

Urban area

35.9 km2

71.8%

Infrastructure

2.8 km2

5.6%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Matosinhos in country Portugal

Matosinhos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	8.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	43 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	47 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	11 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Matosinhos
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matosinhos

Type of weather in Matosinhos	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam