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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6134,Lat: 37.1591
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	5:30:13am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Mexilhoeira Grande

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Figueira	1.4 km	East
2 Esteveira	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Montes de Alvor	2.9 km	SouthEast
4 Alto do Poço	3.2 km	SouthEast
5 Alvor	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	180 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	317 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	556 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 105.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 60 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 2.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.2%

Nature

10.6 km2

14%

Wet nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

47.8 km2

63.2%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

4.7 km2

6.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mexilhoeira Grande in country Portugal

Mexilhoeira Grande at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	167 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	179 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	195 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Alvor	PT	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mexilhoeira Grande

Type of weather in Mexilhoeira Grande	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam