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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6574,Lat: 37.1165
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	23:59:09pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagos
Name	Lagos (São Sebastião e Santa Maria)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chinicato	2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lagos	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Portelas	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Odiáxere	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Pedra Alçada	4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	184 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	319 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	562 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Meia Praia 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 10.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 109.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 154 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 7.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.1 km2

2.2%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

32.5 km2

62.6%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.7%

Urban area

9.9 km2

19%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meia Praia in country Portugal

Meia Praia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	173 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	182 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	198 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lagos (São Sebastião)

Type of weather in Lagos (São Sebastião)	broken clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam