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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2393,Lat: 37.2416
Elevation	157 meter above sea level
Local time	21:40:03pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Silves
Name	São Bartolomeu de Messines

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Portela de Messines	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Aldeia Ruiva	3 km	NorthWest
3 Barrocal	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Campilhos	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 Monte de São José	4.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	184 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	289 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	526 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Funcho (2.8 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 71.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 100 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 82%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 35 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 32 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.8 km2

4.8%

Nature

7.6 km2

9.6%

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Messines de Baixo in country Portugal

Messines de Baixo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	149 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	172 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	184 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	0.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cerro das Taipas

Type of weather in Cerro das Taipas	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam