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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4816,Lat: 42.0739
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	18:07:13pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Monção
Name	Monção e Troviscoso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Castelo	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Reiriz	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Fontoura	1.9 km	NorthWest
4 O Alto da Fonte	2.1 km	NorthWest
5 Carrazedo	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	375 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	445 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	715 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Spain.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Frieira (Encoro de Frieira) (9.9 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western 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
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.5%

Nature

6.8 km2

8.7%

Agriculture

36.3 km2

46.2%

Viticulture

3.3 km2

4.2%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monção in country Portugal

Monção at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	58 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	72 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	90 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Minho	PT	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Monção
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Monção

Type of weather in Monção	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam